March 22, 1972: In one of the worst trades in Boston Red Sox history, the team traded relief pitcher Al "Sparky" Lyle to the Yankees for first baseman Danny Cater; Lyle would go on to win a Cy Young Award with the Yankees and pitch effectively for 11 more seasons while Cater would spend three mediocre seasons with the Red Sox. [...]

March 21, 1938: The Boston Red Sox announced at their Sarasota, FL, spring training camp that Ted Williams has been optioned to Triple-A Minneapolis for the 1938 season; the brash Williams tells the three regular Red Sox outfielders, "I'll be back and before long I will be making more money than the three of you put together." [...]

March 19, 1961: The Boston Red Sox announced at their Scottsdale, AZ, spring training camp that Carl Yastrzemski would be their regular leftfielder for the 1961 season; Yaz, who replaced Ted Williams after 19 seasons with the team, would go on to play a club record 3,308 games over 23 seasons earning election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. [...]

March 18, 1953: The Boston Braves become the Milwaukee Braves after their application to move the franchise is approved by National League owners, paving the way for the first franchise relocation since the original Baltimore Orioles moved to New York in 1903; the move follows 82 seasons in Boston for the Braves and ends a 52 years period with Boston as a tw [...]

March 17, 1944: The Red Sox open spring training at the Tufts Cage in Medford, MA, for the second year, with only four players on hand; because of wartime travel restrictions the camp is limited to players who live locally and the official opening of spring training for the whole club is deferred until March 26 in Baltimore, MD. [...]