November 3, 1997: Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year, the first Boston player to earn that award since Fred Lynn in 1975; Garciaparra was the first rookie in MLB history to bat over .300, hit 30 home runs, drive in more than 90 runs and steal more than 20 bases. [...]

November 2, 1938: Red Sox first baseman Jimmy Foxx is selected as the Most Valuable Player in the American League for a then record third time; "Old Double-X" averaged over 30 home runs, 100 run scored and 100 RBI from 1936 to 1942 with the Red Sox and he was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1951. [...]

November 1, 1967: Red Sox rookie manager Dick Williams receives 23 of a possible 24 votes and he is named American League Manager of the Year by United Press International; Williams took a Red Sox team that had finished ninth in 1966 and led them to the American League Pennant and a seven game loss in the World Series. [...]

October 31, 2005: Boy Wonder & General Manager Theo Epstein celebrated Halloween by donning a gorilla suit to leave Fenway Park and walk away from his GM position; during Epstein's absence of several months the Red Sox engineered a trade with the Florida Marlins that netted Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett and a World Championship in 2007. [...]

October 30, 2013: A sellout crowd of 38,477 fans watch the Improbable Dream Boston Red Sox win their first World Championship in Fenway Park since 1918; Shane Victorino's double with the bases loaded in the third inning put the Red Sox up 3-0, and three-run fourth inning helped the Red Sox to a 6-1 win and winning pitcher John Lackey left in the 7th inning t [...]