“It was damp and chilly throughout New England for most of the spring of 1912, and in Boston, it took a few tries before baseball at a brand-new ballpark could be played in decent weather. On April 9, The Red Sox and Harvard’s baseball team met in an exhibition game in football weather, and as […]

On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed into law; in 2002, it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author. Widely known as Title IX, the law states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of […]

So, the big trade deadline is over, and all we got was another catcher… Don’t get me wrong, I am glad the Sox finally picked up Jarrod Saltalamacchia–even if its going to take me a year to learn how to spell his name–he’s young, he’s pretty good, and has a TON of potential, and frankly, […]

Any Red Sox Fan worth their weight is painfully aware of how the 1978 Red Sox campaign went: 14 games ahead of the Yankees 1/2 way through the season, and, 8 games ahead of 2nd place Milwaukee (who was in the AL at the time).. Of course, this was before the Wild Card, so being […]

by Bill Nowlin and Matthew Silverman. Since 1931 The Boston Red Sox have worn numbers on the back of their jerseys–and the players names were added to road jerseys only in 1990. But did you ever wonder HOW players get their numbers? We hear the occasional stories about how certain players want a certain number, […]

So, as we wait for the Red Sox to start their postseason journey either tomorrow or the next day, I knew I would need something to occupy my time–and what better than a book about the Red Sox and the 1912 World Series? Thankfully, the good folks at Doubleday sent along a copy of The […]