When the 2018 Boston Red Sox won Game Five against the Los Angeles Dodgers the club became and still remain the only MLB team to win four World Championships in the 21st Century! And they became the first team in MLB history to win four World Championships over fifteen consecutive seasons in both the 20th and 21st Centuries! Given the Red Sox commitment to s [...]
The 1975 season is among the most memorable in the rich history of the Boston Red Sox. In spring training the club was predicted to finish in third place at best in the AL East. But the “Gold Dust Twins” Jim Rice and Fred Lynn, put together two of MLB’s best rookie seasons ever, veteran Carl Yastrzemski played like he had found the Fountain of Youth, and th [...]
PREVIEW I interviewed Jim Rice in the family room adjacent to the Red Sox clubhouse at Fenway Park In August 2000. At the time he was in his sixth season as the team’s hitting instructor. It was about four hours before game time, but Rice was already in his uniform and anxious to get out to the batting cage. The best single word to describe Jim Rice up clo [...]
When the calendar flipped to 2023, it ushered in the 152th anniversary of Boston's first professional baseball team--the Boston Red Stockings! And this year marks the 153nd 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 [...]
It is remarkable that Connolly earned the honor of umpiring in the first World Series opener which the Boston Americans took from the Pittsburg Pirates by the score of 7-3.