May 16, 1954: Ted Williams returns to the lineup after breaking his collarbone in spring training and goes 3-4 in the first game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers and 5-5, including a double and two home runs in the nightcap; despite Ted's seven RBI, the Red Sox lose both ends of the doubleheader, falling 8.5 games out of first place. [...]

May 15, 1894: While Boston fans focus on a fight between Baltimore's John McGraw and Boston's Tommy Tucker, fire breaks out in the right field bleachers of the South End Grounds and quickly engulfs the ballpark; the fire destroys Boston's only double-decked stadium and damages 170 neighboring buildings. [...]

May 14, 1967: The Red Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Detroit Tigers by scores of 8-5 and 13-9, to leap from 8th place to a tie for third place in the American League; the two teams combined for 28 extra-base hits to set an American League record previously established in a 1905 Red Sox-A's doubleheader. [...]

May 13, 1942: Braves pitcher Jim Tobin is the offensive star and the winning pitcher as Boston defeats the Chicago Cubs 6-5 in a game played at Braves Field; Tobin holds the Cubs to five hits and hits three home runs to become the only pitcher in modern MLB history to homer three times in one game. [...]

May 12, 1941: The Boston Bees formally change their name back to the Boston Braves after adopting the name Bees in 1936 based on a vote of Boston fans; the team had been known as the Boston Braves since 1912, following the names Red Stockings, Beaneaters, Rustlers, and Doves as the team searched for an identity. [...]