When the calendar flipped to 2025, it ushered in the 154th  anniversary of Boston's first professional baseball team--the Boston Red Stockings! And this year marks the 155th consecutive season of professional baseball in Boston! Those of you who are observant, and most of you are, noticed the "150th Anniversary" uniform patch worn by the Atlanta Braves when [...]

  Spring training is a time of renewal for players and fans.  But spring training in Sarasota, Florida, in 1946, was more than a renewal; it was a reunion of Red Sox players who had been away for as long as three seasons while they served their country during World War II.  The 1946 Boston Red Sox spring training roster included 28 players who had spent [...]

Herb Crehan                                                                                                   Mike Lowell was gratified by Red Sox fans’ warm response when he stepped on the field for the 100th anniversary celebration of Fenway Park a dozen years ago on April 20, 2012.  But his lasting memory will be of the fans’ reaction to Red Sox legends B [...]

Fan favorite Kevin Youkilis felt good about the Red Sox chances for the upcoming season when he arrived at spring training in February 2007. “Things just never came together for us the season before,” he says referring to the third-place 2006 Red Sox. “But I thought we had a really good mix of talent for the 2007 season. We had established all-stars like Pap [...]

When former infielder John Valentin was elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in the spring of 2010, it was a homecoming of sorts.  “It was an unbelievable honor to be recognized that way,” John said.  “And it meant so much to me because I was a part of the Red Sox organization for so long [14 years], to be included with all those great players made it [...]