Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Tony C.

By |2020-03-21T15:08:37-04:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: The Impossible Dream 1967, Tony Conigliaro|

Anthony Richard Conigliaro was born in Revere MA, on January 7, 1945. It almost seemed that Tony Conigliaro was born to play with and star for the Boston Red Sox. Tony spent his earliest years in Revere, he learned to play baseball in East Boston, and the Conigliaro family moved to Swampscott on the north shore of Boston when he was a teenager. In his autobi [...]

The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Rico Petrocelli-Captain of the Infield

By |2020-03-21T15:12:39-04:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: The Impossible Dream 1967|

Rico Petrocelli, a Yankee fan as a youngster growing up in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, was the anchor of the Red Sox infield when the Red Sox moved into Chicago for a crucial series against the White Sox. There was a certain irony in Rico’s de facto position as the Red Sox “captain” of the infield. In 1966, Manager Billy Herman had fined him $1,0 [...]

IN MEMORIAM: 1967 IMPOSSIBLE DREAM RED SOX

By |2020-07-18T10:44:57-04:00February 6th, 2017|Categories: The Impossible Dream 1967|

We will be celebrating the wonderful memories of the Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox throughout 2017. It is hard to believe that 50 years have gone by and yet the memories of that special season are still so strong.  A total of 39 players were included on the roster of the 1967 Red Sox. And these players ranged from Carl Yastrzemski who appeared in a team-lead [...]

The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Jim Lonborg

By |2020-03-23T19:53:30-04:00January 2nd, 2017|Categories: Jim Lonborg, The Impossible Dream 1967|Tags: |

It has been fifty-two years since the 1967 Boston Red Sox captivated New England and built the foundation of Red Sox Nation but Jim Lonborg’s clutch pitching down the stretch lives on in the memories of Red Sox fans. Former Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg pitched one of the most important games in the history of Fenway Park on the last day of the 1967 season. A [...]

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