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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, The Third Stanza, Into the Abyss…..REVISITED
Following Babe Ruth’s sale to the Yankees, the Red Sox entered their worst decade in their history. The 1920s found them at the bottom of the heap throughout. The Yankees on the other hand became, well, the Yankees and it … Continue reading
THE ANATOMY OF A RIVALRY…..THE FIRST STANZA REVISITED
THE ANATOMY OF A RIVALRY…..THE FIRST STANZA Posted on March 13, 2012by fenwaypark100 As I have revitalized this blog, I have spent some time looking through all the “stats”, that’s right blogs have stats. Anyway, what the stats tell me … Continue reading
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Tagged "Duffy" Lewis, 1912, Babe Ruth, Baltimore Orioles, Bill Dineen, Boston Americans, Cy Young, Fenway Park, Harry Hooper, Hilltop Park, Huntington Avenue Grounds, Jesse Tannehill, New York Highlanders, Polo Grounds, Red Sox, Red Sox/Yankee Rivalry, smokey joe wood, Tom Hughes, Tris Speaker
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Red Sox Christen Park With A Win…..The Boston Post April 10, 1912
It was a bitter cold, wind-swept day that so often categorizes an April day in Boston and flurries of snow swirled in gusts of blustering wind that cut to the bone. However that did not stop about 3500 brave souls from … Continue reading
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Tagged "Duffy" Lewis, 1912, Bob Potter, Boston Post, Casey Hageman, Dana Joseph Paine Wingate, Fenway Park, Frank Sexton, Harry Hooper, Harvard University Baseball, Jake Stahl, Paul Shannon, Pedro Martinez, Red Sox, Richard Wigglesworth, Sam Felton, smokey joe wood, Steve Yerkes, Tris Speaker
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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, The Third Stanza, Into the Abyss…..
Babe Ruth’s trade to the New York Yankees, marked the second time in five years that the Red Sox had traded someone who was arguably the best player in the American League. Yet the trade of Tris Speaker in 1916 did not adversely effect the Red … Continue reading
The Anatomy of a Rivalry, The First Stanza…..
As I have revitalized this blog, I have spent some time looking through all the “stats”, that’s right blogs have stats. Anyway, what the stats tell me is that among the widest read pieces I have posted here in three … Continue reading
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Tagged "Duffy" Lewis, 1912, Babe Ruth, Baltimore Orioles, Bill Dineen, Boston Americans, Cy Young, Fenway Park, Harry Hooper, Hilltop Park, Huntington Avenue Grounds, Jesse Tannehill, New York Highlanders, Polo Grounds, Red Sox, Red Sox/Yankee Rivalry, smokey joe wood, Tom Hughes, Tris Speaker
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Banners of Glory, Long May They Wave…..
The second tier of Red Sox immortals are honored with their banners waving high above Van Ness Street. Now these players are on the second tier for a couple of different reasons. One is that they did not play their … Continue reading
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Tagged Cy Young, Fenway Banners, Fenway Park, Harry Hooper, Jimmy Collins, Red Sox, Rick Ferrell, Tris Speaker
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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
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
Rounding out the Red Sox Regulars of 1912, Meet Mr. Larry Gardner, Third Baseman…..
Drumroll please while I introduce to you the last regular in the Red Sox lineup of 1912, Mr. William Lawrence “Larry” Gardner. Larry Gardner, one of five native New Englander’s on Fenway’s first Red Sox squad, was a teammate of … Continue reading
” 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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