Category Archives: Fenway Park Other

“I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.” Sargent Shriver

Posted on December 12, 2011 by fenwaypark100

No less than 16 men with the last name of Fox have played major league baseball. All save one spelled it with one “x”. Two of them have been enshrined in Cooperstown, Jimmie and Nellie. One of them is on … Continue reading →

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“It’s not the price, it’s not the game, it’s not the score, it’s not the fame, whatever road looks way too far, it’s not what you have, it’s who you are.” AJ Michalka

Posted on December 11, 2011 by fenwaypark100

On Thursday and Friday this week, Red Sox minor leaguer Ryan Westmoreland had five at bats in the Instructional League in the Dominican Republic. He grounded out twice, walked, struck out and was hit by a pitch. But he won, and he … Continue reading →

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Three Threads Weave Historic Tapestry

Posted on December 10, 2011 by fenwaypark100

It has been said that it is the winners who write history and in baseball it is the superstars whose bronze plaques hang in repose in the inner sanctum of Cooperstown. It is they who pass the standards of excellence down … Continue reading →

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“Jimmie Foxx with all those muscles, hitting drives that sounded like gunfire. Crraack. A hell of a lot louder than mine sounded.” Ted Williams

Posted on December 9, 2011 by fenwaypark100

They called him The Beast! Standing six feet even, he was 195 lbs of solid muscle and he could hit! James Emory “Jimmie” Foxx made his major league debut as a catcher with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1925. He was 17 years … Continue reading →

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“Right field in Boston is a bitch, the sun field, and few play it well. Jackie Jensen was the best I saw at it.” — Ted Williams

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fenwaypark100

It is quite possible that the best all around athlete that Fenway Park has ever seen was none other than Jack Eugene Jensen!     Jensen played seven seasons with the Red Sox.   The Red Sox acquired the “Golden Boy” on December … Continue reading →

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” We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” John F Kennedy

Posted on December 7, 2011 by fenwaypark100

Hey folks….I apologize for being absent the past few days. I am working feverishly towards the deadline for my new book scheduled for release in February. It is called simply Spring Training in Bradenton and Sarasota! But more on that … Continue reading →

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“Tessie, you know I love you madly, Babe, my heart weighs about a pound, don’t blame me if I ever doubt you, you know I wouldn’t live without you, Tessie, you are the only, only, only.” Will R. Anderson

Posted on December 5, 2011 by fenwaypark100

The question for today is, what does a Broadway play, which ran in 1902, have to do with Fenway Park? Ah, the threads of history and why we love it so! The Silver Slipper opened on Broadway October 27, 1902. … Continue reading →

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“So this guy sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, all he got was money, he didn’t get one player for him just money, can you imagine that?” Remo Sinibaldi to his son trying to explain the unexplainable.

Posted on December 4, 2011 by fenwaypark100

Everybody knows the story. He sold Babe Ruth, that’s right the guy sold Babe Ruth! He’s been vilified, denounced and reviled. He’s been “slandered, libeled, he heard words he never heard in the Bible.” But ya know, he sold Babe … Continue reading →

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“They called me crazy and I was.” Jimmy Piersall

Posted on December 2, 2011 by fenwaypark100

He was an 18 year old kid out of Waterbury Connecticut when James Anthony Piersall signed with the Red Sox in 1948. Two years later he made his major league debut at Fenway Park, pinch running for Ted Williams in a … Continue reading →

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Valentine (noun)…… “a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day.” Mr. Webster

Posted on December 1, 2011 by fenwaypark100

Pinky Higgins, Rudy York, Billy Jurges, Del Baker, Pinky Higgins (again), Johnny Pesky, Billy Herman, Pete Runnels, Dick Williams, Eddie Popowski, Eddie Kasko, Eddie Popowski (again), Darrell Johnson, Don Zimmer, Johnny Pesky (again), Ralph Houk, John McNamara, Joe Morgan, Butch Hobson, … Continue reading →

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