December 3, 1968: The MLB Rules Committee votes to decrease the size of the strike zone and decrease the height of the pitcher's mound from 15 to 10 inches to re-balance the hitter-pitcher match-up following a season when Bob Gibson compiled a 1.12 ERA, Luis Tiant produced an ERA of 1.68, and Carl Yastrzemski led the AL with a batting average of .301. [...]

December 2, 1974: The Red Sox trade outfielder Tommy Harper to the California Angels for infielder Bob Heise; Harper had played three seasons in Boston and led the American League with 54 stolen bases in 1973, while Heise played only two seasons in Boston as a utility infielder, but with Rice, Lynn and Evans ready to take over, Harper was expendable. [...]

December 1, 1912: Boston Braves owner James Gaffney purchases the Allston Golf Club on Commonwealth Avenue with a plan to build a new ballpark on the land; groundbreaking begins on March 15, 1915, and Braves Field, hailed as "The World's Greatest Ballpark" at the time, opens on August 18, 1915, before 46,000 fans. [...]

November 30, 2004: Hear ye..hear ye..all rise..the Boston Red Sox file suit in Suffolk County Superior Court attempting to retrieve the World-Series clinching baseball from first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz; in 2007 closer Jonathon Papelbon claimed his dog ate the World-Series clinching baseball but no legal action was taken against Pap or his dog. [...]

November 29, 2011: The Boston Red Sox announce their replacement for Terry Francona: former Mets and Texas Rangers manager Bobby Valentine; Valentine, who had not managed in the major leagues in ten years "led" the Red Sox to 69 wins and a boatload of controversy in 2012, and he was replaced at the end of the season by John Farrell. [...]