January 31, 1959: Former Red Sox manager and general manager Joe Cronin signs a seven-year contract to become President of the American League; Cronin who had been the player-manager of the Red Sox from 1935 to 1945, the bench manager in 1946-1947, and GM from 1948 to 1958, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956. [...]

January 30, 1929: Boston Mayor Malcolm Nichols signs a city ordinance allowing baseball to be played in Boston on Sundays; previously Sunday baseball had been banned under Massachusetts' Blue Laws, and from 1929 to 1932 the Red Sox had to play Sunday games at Braves Field because of Fenway Park's proximity to an area church. [...]

January 29, 1987: After going to arbitration with the Red Sox for three straight years, All-Star third baseman and three-time AL batting champion Wade Boggs signs a three-year contract with the team for $5 million; Boggs will play for Boston for 11 years, he will be named an AL All-Star in 8 of those seasons and he will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005 [...]

January 28, 1967: The Red Sox select Carlton "Pudge" Fisk as their first round choice, fourth overall, in the January amateur draft; Fisk will debut with the Red Sox in 1969, earn AL rookie of the year honors in 1971, make seven All-Star teams before leaving to join the White Sox in 1981, and he will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. [...]

January 27, 1994: The Boston Red Sox announce that Dan Duquette, a native of Dalton, MA, and most recently GM of the Montreal Expos, is hired to succeed Lou Gorman as GM of the club; Duquette will serve in this post for 8 seasons before being dismissed by the Red Sox in spring training 2002, and he will resurface as GM of the Orioles in 2012. [...]