Tag Archives: Carl Yastrzemski

Memorabilia, 1978 Style…..

Posted on June 13, 2012 by fenwaypark100

On Monday I wrote about the 1978 Red Sox. Today I give you some “78” memorabilia to bring back that great season. Here’s a good place to start. Rice was in his fourth full season and had become the most feared … Continue reading →

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And of the seventh day He rested…..

Posted on June 3, 2012 by fenwaypark100

 And Mr. Robert Gordon Orr and Big “Papi” played a little golf. A few tidbits about the one, the only, the incomparable Bobby Orr. Bobby Orr in the first skate at Fenway Park. Bobby Orr first caught the eye of … Continue reading →

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Chicks Dig the Long Ball!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Remember the ad campaign a few years back, “chicks dig the long ball”? It came about in the late 1990s and it was a Nike ad. It featured Mark McGwire, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddox with the lovely Heather Locklear. Locklear was … Continue reading →

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Of getting over .500 and walk off homers…..

Posted on May 29, 2012 by fenwaypark100

The Red Sox beat the Tigers yesterday 7-4 and for the sixth time this season they pulled even at 24-24. So tonight at Fenway Park, Daniel Bard will attempt, once again, to get the Red Sox over the .500 mark. In … Continue reading →

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“Programs, get cha programs heah”…..

Posted on May 25, 2012 by fenwaypark100

A happy Friday to you all. Tonight the Sox will try once again to get above the .500 mark for the first time this season. They are playing well and even Bobby Valentine is earning praise from the warm and … Continue reading →

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“The only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn”…..Earl Warren

Posted on May 23, 2012 by fenwaypark100

It has been said that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn. The Red Sox fell to the O’s last night 4-1, failing to get above the .500 mark. And as I awoke this … Continue reading →

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Of Pink Bats, Pink Ribbons and Pink Bows…..

Posted on May 14, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Yesterday at Fenway Park, the Red Sox won their third straight game against the Cleveland Indians. The bats of Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Daniel Nava and Will Middlebrooks, led the offense while Daniel Bard had one of his better outings of the season. The … Continue reading →

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Long Gone and Hard to Find…..

Posted on May 9, 2012 by fenwaypark100
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Red Sox Shutout Pitching Debuts……

Posted on May 4, 2012 by fenwaypark100

What do Billy Rohr, Dave Morehead, Dave ‘Boo” Ferris, George Hockette, Buck O’Brien, Larry Pape and Rube Kroh have in common? Herb Kroh was the first Red Sox pitcher to throw a shutout in the first game he ever pitched. He … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, The Seventh Stanza, 1950 and 51……

Posted on May 1, 2012 by fenwaypark100

The story of the 1950 and 1951 Red Sox is part of my aforementioned “Litany of Futility” visa vie the Red Sox/Yankee rivalry. It would prove to provide the closing act on this version of the passion play which would take … Continue reading →

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