THE DESIGNATED HITTER TURNS 50!
When Orlando Cepeda agreed to a one-year contract with the Red Sox on January 18, 1973, he became the first major league player signed expressly to become a designated hitter under the new American League rule.
REMEMBERING FRANK SULLIVAN
My dear friend Frank Sullivan would have been 93 years-old on January 23, 2023. And we miss his lovely wife Marilyn who passed away on January 15, 2020. It is still difficult to accept that we have lost both Frank and Marilyn but they left a wonderful legacy and much Aloha. They had an extraordinary life and it is timely to revisit all that they experienced and achieved!
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.
DEREK LOWE REMEMBERS 2004
Former Red Sox All-Star pitcher Derek Lowe was the winning pitcher in the 2004 series-clinching victories over the Anaheim Angels in the ALDS, the New York Yankees in the ALCS, and the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.