Aaron Boone’s eleventh inning walk-off home run in Game Seven of the 2003 American League Championship broke Red Sox fans’ hearts. Gone were the dreams of a World Championship, the joy of the come-from-behind victory over the A’s in the ALDS, and the euphoria of “cowboy up!” As tough as it was for fans it was even tougher for the ball club. Grady Little, a [...]
Tim Wakefield passed away on October 1, 2023, at the age of 57. He was a good man and it was much, much too soon. Tim Wakefield achieved many individual honors during his 17-year career with the Red Sox. He was an All-Star, he pitched the most innings (3,006), and started more games (463) than any pitcher in Red Sox history. But being a part of the 2004 &a [...]
Orlando Cabrera was stunned when he was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox at the trading deadline in 2004. The slick-fielding shortstop still remembers every detail of his conversation with Expos’ manager Frank Robinson on July 31. “Frank called me into his office and he said, ‘I’m going to give you 25 guesses of where you’ve been traded [...]
When Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler ran in from his position in right field to celebrate the World Championship after the final out in Game Four of the 2004 World Series, it seemed surreal to him. “I felt like I was in a movie,” Kapler recalled in a recent interview. “I was asking myself if it was really happening. “After a while they let my best friend o [...]
Former Red Sox closer Keith Foulke was the unsung hero of the 2004 World Series. Keith was on the mound to close out all four World Series victories, earning the win in Game One and the save in Game Four to clinch Boston’s first World Championship in 86 years. But Foulke’s postseason heroics in 2004 weren’t limited to the World Series. He pitched in two of t [...]