June 15, 1976: The Red Sox acquire outfielder Joe Rudi and relief pitcher Rollie Fingers from the Oakland A's for $1 million each as A's owner Charlie Finley attempts to clean house; three days later baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the trade as "not in the best interests of baseball" and Rudi and Fingers return to the A's without ever appearing in a R [...]

June 14, 1952: Boston Braves left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn ties a National League record with 18 strikeouts as the Braves lose 3-1 to the Chicago Cubs in 15 innings; Spahn, who hit a homer for the Braves only run, would go on to win 363 games during his 21-year career to establish the MLB record for left-handed pitchers and he was elected to the Hall of F [...]

June 13, 1957: Ted Williams hits three home runs, two off Early Wynn and one off Bob Lemon, to lead the Red Sox to a 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians; Williams had hit three home runs in a game against the White Sox on May 8, 1957, and his big day made him the first American Leaguer to hit three home runs in two games in the same season. [...]

June 12, 2011: The first place Boston Red Sox drub the Toronto Blue Jays 14-1, one day after they clobbered the Blue Jays 16-4, to run their winning streak to 9 straight; the offense is powered by David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis who each homer and drive in 4 runs, while Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez add solo home runs. [...]

June 11, 1952: Red Sox catcher Sammy White hits a ninth inning walk-off grand slam home run for an 11-9 victory over the St. Louis Browns; White celebrates his home run by crawling on his hands and knees halfway to home plate, which he kisses, adding to a zany evening that also featured Jimmy Piersall harassing pitcher Satchel Paige while leading off first b [...]