November 23, 1995: The Boston Red Sox, acting through The JRY Trust established at the death of Jean Yawkey, purchase Haywood Sullivan's minority share of the club for a reported $12 million; Sullivan, who had been a backup catcher for the Red Sox, purchased his original share using a loan of $1 million from Jean Yawkey. [...]

November 22, 1957: Slugger Ted Williams finishes second to The Yankees' Mickey Mantle in the American League MVP voting despite hitting .388, hammering 38 home runs, while leading the AL in on base average and slugging average; one writer ranked Ted ninth and another tenth, depriving Williams of the MVP Award that most observors believed he deserved. [...]

November 21, 1962: The Boston Red Sox trade pitcher Don Schwall, who had been the American League Rookie of the Year in 1961, and catcher Jim Pagliaroni to the Pittsburg Pirates for first baseman Dick "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart and pitcher Jack Lamabe; Red Sox fans later cheer Stuart for fielding an errant hot dog wrapper. [...]

November 20, 1972: Catcher Carlton "Pudge" Fisk, the pride of Charlestown, NH, is a unanimous choice as the American League's Rookie of the Year; Fisk would go on to play eleven seasons with the Red Sox before signing with the White Sox in 1981 where he played for thirteen seasons and he was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 2000. [...]

November 19, 1930: Joseph Michael Morgan, who managed the Red Sox from July 1988 through the end of the 1991 season, was born in Walpole, MA; Morgan, who played baseball and hockey at Boston College, played 13 seasons of professional baseball, managed for 15 years in the minors and is best know for "Morgan Magic" when he took over the Red Sox in 1988. [...]