Happy Saturday! Just a reminder that Images of Fenway Park is available for those who are looking for a last-minute Mothers Day gift. Head out to your local Barnes and Noble, or for you in New England, the Paper Store and pick up this pictorial history of Fenway Park.
There are over 200 photos covering 100 years of Fenway activity. Over 40 photos have never been published before, many from fans who love Fenway Park!
The foreword was written by Red Sox legend and 1967 Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg and his very personal story about Fenway Park will delight you! He was kind enough to contribute a great photo as well.
This never before published photo appears in the book with the following caption:
“In 1967 Jim Lonborg emerged as one of the premier pitchers in the league going 22-9 and winning the Cy Young Award. A skiing injury sidetracked his career and he was traded in 1972, but he never left Boston. Establishing a dental practice on Boston’s south shore upon retirement, Dr. Lonborg still calls Fenway home. Here he enjoys the game with wife Rosemary, son Jordan and Jordan’s girlfriend Molly.”
Now for those of you who need to order the book on-line here’s an idea, download the photo of the cover photo, make Mom a nice home made card, put the photo in it and tell her it’s on the way!
http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738576886/Fenway-Park
And the Sox won yesterday, are they on the way too? yes they are, we’re just not quite sure yet where they are heading!
And so it is on this day in Fenway Park history, May 12, 2012.
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Hello and welcome, my name is Raymond Sinibaldi. A retired history teacher, after 26 years in the classroom, a baseball fan for three score and five, I have authored 13 books. Eight about baseball and her glorious history; most recently Yankees in the Hall of Fame and Dodgers in the Hall of Fame. An aficionado of the Kennedy Administration, I have written four books in that realm and also co-authored a book of motivational stories for coaches. The first, The Babe in Red Stockings which was co-authored with Kerry Keene and David Hickey and released in 1997. It is a chronicle of Babe's days with the Red Sox. We also penned a screenplay about Babe's Red Sox days so if any of you are Hollywood inclined or would like to represent us in forwarding that effort feel free to contact me. In 2012 we three amigos published Images of Fenway Park in honor of the 100th birthday of Fenway Park. That led to the creation of this blog. The following year, 2013 came my first solo venture, Spring Training in Bradenton and Sarasota. This is a pictorial history of spring training in those two Florida cities. The spring of 2014 brought forth the 1967 Red Sox, The Impossible Dream Season. The title speaks for itself, and it also is a pictorial history. Many of the photos in this book were never published before. The spring of 2015 brought 1975 Red Sox, American League Champions. Another pictorial effort, this will be about the Red Sox championship season of 1975 and the World Series that restored baseball in America. The spring of 2016 brought 61 Motivational Stories for Every Coach of Every Sport. My first JFK effort was in 2017 with John F Kennedy in New England, which was followed by JFK From Florida to the Moon (2019) and JFK At Rest in Arlington (2020). Jackie's Newport came about in 2019 and in 2023 came both Yankees in the Hall of Fame and Dodgers in the Hall of Fame. I was fortunate enough to consult with sculptor Franc Talarico on the “Jimmy Fund” statue of Ted Williams which stands outside both Fenway Park and Jet Blue Park Fenway South, in Fort Myers Florida. That story is contained in the near 300 posts which are contained herein. Throughout the years this blog has morphed from an exclusive Red Sox focus, to a broader baseball perspective to a blog about life, with baseball a large portion of it. This year, 2024, I have reactivated this blog which lay dormant for quite some time. Welcome aboard, pass the word and feel free to contact me about anything you read or ideas you may have for a topic. Email me at fenwaypark100@gmail.com.
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