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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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“It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.” …..Tris Speaker
Seventy one years ago yesterday Cleveland Indians third baseman Ken Keltner twice dove to his right and made both plays, robbing Joe DiMaggio of two base hits. It halted history and ended the Yankee Clipper’s record-breaking hitting streak at 56 games. Joe DiMaggio had 91 … Continue reading
Now These Cycles I Like, No Needles Involved…..
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Aaron Hill hit for the cycle for the second time in days last week sending pundits everywhere scurrying. Now for you casual observers of baseball, the cycle is when a player gets a single, double, triple and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1912, Bob Johnson, Bob Watson, Bobby Doerr, Buck Freeman, Carl Yastrzemski, Dustin Pedroia, Dwight Evans, Fenway Park, Fred Lynn, Hitting for the cycle, Joe Cronin, John Valentine, Julius Solters, Leon Culberson, Lu Clinton, Mike Greenwell, Patsy Dougherty, Red Sox, Rich Gedman, Roy Carlyle, Scott Coopr, Ted Williams, 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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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
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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