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“A ground ball, stabbed by Foulke…..He underhands to first and the Red Sox are the World Champions. For the first time in 86 years the Red Sox have won baseball’s world championship. Can you believe it”? Joe Castiglione

It has been said that a picture is worth 1000 words….. Enjoy the following 22,619 words! July 2004, Fenway Park Boston….. A slight disagreement between ARod and Jason Varitek turns into… A leather sandwich for the Yankee third baseman and ignites … Continue reading

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“The 1918 triumph marks the fifth world’s series that the Red Sox have brought to the high brow domicile of the baked bean. Boston is the luckiest baseball spot on earth, for it has never lost a world’s series.” The New York Times

In the annals of Fenway Park and Red Sox legend and folklore, their World Championship season of 1918 season is among the most chronicled. Unfortunately the predominant reason for that was not as much what happened that year, but what didn’t happen … Continue reading

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WORLD $ERIE$, CA$H AND FENWAY…..

When the Red Sox won the 1912 World Series at Fenway Park, the winners share was $4,024.68 per player. That may not seem like a whole lot but it more than doubled the salary of some players. Well it set me to thinking( … Continue reading

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Attention Please Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls, Now Batting for your 1912 Boston Red Sox, the Europeans…..

There were eight reserves on Fenway Park’s 1912 Red Sox squad and two of them were actually born in Eurpoe. reserve infielder Marty Krug and reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Olaf Henriksen. Martin John Krug was born in Koblenz Germany on September … Continue reading

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Now Batting for the 1912 Boston Red Sox, the Second Baseman, Steve Yerkes…..

The other half of the Red Sox double play combination in 1912 was Stephen Douglas Yerkes. Yerkes joined the Red Sox briefly in 1909 but came back to stay in 1911. A native of Hatboro Pennsylvania and a graduate of Millville High School … Continue reading

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Now Batting for the 1912 Red Sox, Their Captain…..

The shortstop on the 1912 Red Sox was Charles Francis “Heinie” Wagner. Fiercely loyal, the hardworking, quiet leader was respected by teammates, opponents, management and fans for the 12 years he called Boston and Fenway Park home. “Heinie” Wagner played 983 major league games in … Continue reading

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“You might as well try to move a stone wall.” Jimmy Callahan

Okay troops, let’s recap a bit. Looking over the 1912 Boston Red Sox, we have met the entire pitching staff, the spectacular outfield of Lewis, Speaker and Hooper and the manager and first baseman, Jake Stahl. Well now let’s move … 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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“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.

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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