The Boston Red Sox have played in ten American League Division Series since this round of the playoffs began in 1995. The team has won six of these series, and three ALDS wins—2004, 2007, and 2013—ultimately led to World Championships. In those three championship seasons the Red Sox won nine games in the ALDS and lost only one. Over the years many long-tim [...]
Frank Malzone was a valued member of the Boston Red Sox family from the time he signed a minor league contract with the team in 1948, until his death on December 27, 2015. His almost 70-year association with the team produced notable achievements on the field, a host of long-term relationships, and many acts of thoughtfulness on his part. Malzone was a thre [...]
Former Red Sox All-Star catcher Rich Gedman grew up a die-hard Red Sox fan just like so many of us. Gedman, who was born and raised in Worcester, MA, was only eight years-old when the Red Sox played the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series but he still remembers his favorite team’s seven-game loss. “I remember that I hated Bob Gibson [St. Louis Cardi [...]
Gene Conley, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1963, is the proud owner of one World Series Championship ring, and three NBA World Championship rings. No one else can make this claim, and it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever duplicate his feat. Conley earned his World Series Championship ring pitching for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. [...]
Bill Buckner, who played first base for the Boston Red Sox from 1984 to 1987 and 1990, ranks in the top 100 among major league baseball players in eight important lifetime categories. In fact, only 53 players in the history of major league baseball have accumulated more base hits than Buckner’s 2,715 career hits. Bill Buckner’s career, which began in 1969 w [...]