July 25, 1988: The Red Sox defeat the Rangers 2-0 as Roger Clemens pitches a two-hit shutout at Arlington, TX; this is the 12th straight win under new manager Joe Morgan and "Morgan Magic" is at its height as the Sox win 19 of his first 20 games Morgan was named "interim manager" on July 13, and his job was made permanent on July 20, 1988. [...]

July 24, 2004: Third baseman Bill Mueller hit a three-run ninth inning home run off Yankee closer Mariano Rivera to give the Red Sox a dramatic 11-10 victory at Fenway Park over the Bronx Bombers; earlier in the game Jason Veritek had confronted A-Rod, shoving his glove in A-Rod's face and this game is cited as a catalyst to the 2004 season. [...]

July 23, 2002: The Red Sox walloped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays by a score of 22-4 and Nomar celebrated his 29th birthday by hitting three home runs; Nomar, who tied an MLB record with five home runs in two back-to-back-games, hit two of his home runs in a 10-run third inning, and added his third home run in the fourth inning. [...]

July 22, 1960: Ted Williams homers to help the Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park; but the bigger story is that Ted stole a base to become the first MLB player to steal a base in each of four decades, a feat later matched by Rickey Henderson and Tim Raines for the record, Ted Williams stole 17 bases during his 19-year MLB career. [...]

July 21, 1959: Pumpsie Green makes his Red Sox debut as a pinch-runner for Vic Wertz in the eight inning and remained in the game at shortstop; Green was the first African-American to play for the Red Sox but not the first African-American to play for a Boston MLB team Sam Jethroe was NL Rookie-of-the-Year for the Boston Braves in 1950. [...]