Tag Archives: Tom Yawkey

“Love Wins Mitch, Love Always Wins”….. Morrie Schwartz

Posted on January 27, 2016 by fenwaypark100

I have never been one of the celebratory New Years Eve types; always looking at the start of a New Year as a time of reflection and introspection. Solemnity, more than revelry, has always seemed  far more appropriate for the … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Fourth Stanza, Back from the Darkness of the Abyss…..REVISITED

Posted on January 20, 2015 by fenwaypark100

The Red Sox/Yankee rivalry really began as the rivalry between Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. For in the first 20 years of the American League the Yankees were pretty bad and the Red Sox were the best team in baseball. … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Fourth Stanza, Back from the Darkness of the Abyss…..

Posted on March 17, 2012 by fenwaypark100

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 →

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“Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Robert Kennedy

Posted on March 8, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Dottie Reese passed away yesterday. Now, I realize that most of you are reading this and wondering what a sweet, genteel, octogenarian southern belle would have to do with Fenway Park and the Red Sox.  Dottie Reese You see Dottie was … Continue reading →

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“I started thinking, and you know what happens when a lefthander gets to thinking.” Lefty Grove

Posted on January 22, 2012 by fenwaypark100

When Tom Yawkey purchased the Red Sox in 1933 he embarked on a two-pronged journey. First he began an extensive renovation of the 21-year-old Fenway Park and second he committed to restoring the Red Sox to respectability on the baseball field. His first move … Continue reading →

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