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Frozen Fenway 2012 and Serendipity…..
The inaugural event of Fenway Parks 100th birthday year, was Frozen Fenway 2012; which began and will end with a “Free Skate” with college and high school hockey sandwiched in between. The first high school hockey contest featured Latin Academy and East Boston High School. The … Continue reading
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” The best outfield trio I ever saw….That’s easy, Lewis, Speaker and Hooper, and the greatest of those was Hooper.” Bill Carrigan
Nobody in the history of Fenway Park was part of more World Championship Red Sox teams than Harry Bartholomew Hooper! He played 12 seasons with the Red Sox starting in 1909 and for those 12 seasons he was a constant, leading off … Continue reading
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“Now batting number 25, Tony Conigliaro, Conigliaro.” Sherm Feller
The saga of Tony Conigliaro and his impact upon the Red Sox, Fenway Park and the Fenway Faithful would not be complete without an epilogue, as I wrote in the first story of Conig, he is a classic Shakespearian tragic hero. There are four … Continue reading
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“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” William Shakespeare
Tony now knew his baseball career was behind him. Resolution came with that as he pursued his future and that future came with a natural match, a TV sportscaster in Providence Rhode Island. And why not, after all he had the … Continue reading
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I’m a realist, I believe in miracles.” Wayne Dyer
It snowed in Boston, Monday night April 7, 1975, but that did not keep 34,019 members of the Fenway Faithful from showing up the next afternoon to usher in the 1975 Red Sox season. Tony C’s magical, mystery tour had … Continue reading
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“He was the best looking young player I ever saw.” Johnny Pesky
Tony Conigliaro was crushed by the trade to California. As strange as it may seem, this young, handsome, single, talented man did not mesh with southern California. From the moment he arrived Tony struggled with the Angels. He was having … Continue reading
” It was the greatest comeback ever.” Rico Petrocelli
The 1970 season dawned with much promise and a few changes. The Red Sox outfield of Yaz, Reggie Smith and Tony C. once the best young outfield in the game, would see a change. New Red Sox manager Eddie Kasko … Continue reading
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The 1969 Comeback Player of the Year!
When Jack Hamilton’s pitch struck the left cheek of Tony Conigliaro’s face, it left a linear fracture of his cheekbone, dislocated his jaw and caused severe damage to his left retina. It was sometime during the 1968 season that it … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Tony…..
If William Shakespeare were to be magically transported to modern times and if he were told of baseball and its rich and glorious history; and after studying it he were asked to choose and write about a classic tragic hero, he … Continue reading
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“As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world.” Babe Ruth
When the good citizens of Boston awoke on Friday morning January 6, 1920, this is the news which greeted them. The rumor mill which had been churning for a couple of weeks had become reality. George Herman “Babe” Ruth, was on his way … Continue reading
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