TOM CONNOLLY – THE FIRST AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE
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.
CURT SCHILLING
“I would tell any Major League ballplayer that if you don’t play for the Red Sox, you don’t get the full experience”
BRONSON ARROYO REMEMBERS 2004
The historic 2004 Boston Red Sox season was former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo’s tenth year in professional baseball but his first complete season in the major leagues. “I was so fortunate to be a part of that season,” Bronson said in a 2019 interview. “It was a season that Red Sox fans will never forget. And I got to play with some great ballplayers. It’ [...]
MIGHTY CASEY
All of us have read “Casey at the Bat” and probably we have heard it recited many times. But did you know that “Casey at the Bat” is considered one of America’s most enduring poems? Its closest rival for that honor is “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” to which we respond: bah, humbug! And did you know that the town of Holliston, MA, located 20 miles west [...]
CELEBRATING 148 YEARS OF BOSTON BASEBALL!
When the calendar flipped to 2018, it ushered in the 148th consecutive season of professional baseball in Boston! Boston’s 148 consecutive seasons are the most in major league baseball—in fact the most in the world. Chicago is second with 146 consecutive seasons, and we can thank Mrs. O’Leary’s cow for shutting down Chicago baseball in 1872, leaving us with [...]