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The All Fenway Team Secondbasemen, The Quiet Leader and The Laser Show…..
The second base position is being voted on for the All Fenway Park team. http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/all_fenway_team.jsp Thus far we have on my All Fenway Park 25 man squad; the pitching staff: Jon Lester (L), Jonathan Papelbon (R), Pedro Martinez (R), Roger Clemens (R), Luis … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lefty" Grove, All Fenway Team, Babe Ruth, Bobby Doerr, Carlton Fisk, Dick Radatz, Dustin Pedroia, Fenway Park, Jason Varitek, Jimmie Foxx, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Luis Tiant, Mel Parnell, Pedro Martinez, Red Sox, Roger Clemens, smokey joe wood
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The All Fenway Team, The Firstbaseman, A No-Brainer…..
Alrighty then, it’s time for the first baseman on the All Fenway team. http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/all_fenway_team.jsp Remember now, I am not selecting one player at each position, rather an entire 25 man All Fenway Park roster. The pitching staff is: Jon Lester (L), Jonathan … Continue reading
The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Fourth Stanza, Back from the Darkness of the Abyss…..
Tom Yawkey purchased the Red Sox in 1933, the year before Babe Ruth’s final year with the Yankees. There is a synchronicity in this ushering out of the old and in with the new; for it was Tom Yawkey who set the Red … Continue reading
Banners of Glory, Long May They Wave (Part II)…..
The Van Ness Street Banners of Glory include, the names of all those Red Sox retired numbers on Fenway’s right field facade who are enshrined in Cooperstown and the five we mentioned Friday. So before we complete the list, let’s have … 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
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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