March 27, 1986: MLB's Rule Committee votes to change the use of the Designated Hitter in the World Series from every-other-year to only games in American League parks; the change will hurt the Red Sox in October when the lose the use of Don Baylor's bat in the four games played in Shea Stadium in a year originally scheduled for DH use in every game. [...]

March 26, 1974: The Red Sox release future Hall of Fame members designated hitter Orlando Cepeda and shortstop Luis Aparicio on the same day; Cepeda, who was the team's first designated hitter, catches on with the Kansas City Royals for one last season, but Aparicio, who had played 18 seasons in the major leagues elects to retire from baseball. [...]

March 25, 1978: Red Sox rookie pitcher Bobby Sprowl was shot in the right arm while sleeping in his Winter Haven hotel room; the shot came through the wall from the adjacent room and kicked off a bad season for Sprowl who was shelled by the Yankees during the "Boston Massacre" over the Labor Day weekend later that year. [...]

March 24, 1958: Future member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame, left-handed pitcher Bruce Hurst, is born in St. George, UT; the stylish southpaw, who won 88 games pitching for the Red Sox from 1980 to 1988, earned American League All-Star status in 1987 and led the Red Sox staff with 18 wins in 1988, before he signed with the San Diego Padres as a free agent. [...]

March 23, 1967: George Scott's career as an outfielder came to a crashing end when the first baseman ran full speed into the right field wall during a 7-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers; Scott was held overnight at the Winter Haven Hospital but the only damage was to George's chin and the wall and Billy Rohr's ERA from John Kennedy's three-run homer on Sco [...]