Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

2000-06-25

By |2020-04-09T15:29:02-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 25, 2008: 41-year-old knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield faces off against 44-year-old Randy Johnson, and Wake comes out on top as the Red Sox defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0; their combined ages are the greatest in MLB history since 59-year-old pitcher Satchel Paige pitching for Kansas City matched up with 29-year-old Bill Monbouquette of the Red So [...]

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2000-06-24

By |2020-04-09T15:28:10-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 24, 2010: Dustin Pedroia hits three home runs to spark the Red Sox to an 13-11, 10 inning win at Coors Field in Denver, CO; Adrian Beltre scored three runs, knocked in three runners and contributed three hits including a home run, while closer Jonathan Papelbon blew the save in the ninth inning but pitched a scoreless tenth to earn the victory. [...]

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2000-06-23

By |2020-04-09T15:12:04-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 23, 1981: The Red Sox, the Pawtucket Red Sox that is, win "the longest game," which started on April 19, and finished 65 days later, by a score of 3-2 in 33 innings; the game, which originally lasted 8 hours and 7 minutes and was suspended at 4:08 am, took only 18 minutes to complete and the winning run was scored by future Red Sox second baseman Marty [...]

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2000-06-22

By |2020-04-09T15:12:59-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 22, 1982: Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs makes his first MLB home run count with an 11th inning walk-off for a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park; Boggs, who will compile a .338 batting average during 11 seasons with Boston, becomes the Sox regular third baseman the next day when Carney Lansford sprains his ankle trying for an inside-the-park [...]

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2000-06-21

By |2020-04-09T14:57:26-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 21, 1967: The Red Sox defeat the Yankees 8-1, with Carl Yastrzemski and Tony Conigliaro both contributing three hits to back Jim Lonborg's 9th win; after Yankee pitcher Thad Tillotson hits Joe Foy, Lonborg responds by plunking Tillotson and a full-scale brawl breaks out with the main event Rico Petrocelli vs. Joe Petitone. [...]

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