Top Banana
On the night of August 19th 75-year-old left-hander, Bill Lee was warming up in the bullpen for the Savannah Bananas and had just caught a toss from his catcher when he toppled over backward.
The Captain, Bobby Doerr
In 1986 the veterans’ committee named former Red Sox captain Bobby Doerr to The National Baseball Hall of Fame making him only the second enshrines, after his teammate and lifelong friend Ted Williams, to have played his entire major league career with the Red Sox.
Mr. Russell
Winning was a magnificent obsession that allowed Mr. Russell a prominent platform from which to advocate for social justice and fairness at a time when such stances weren’t universally embraced by fellow citizens.
The Arrival of Babe Ruth
One Hundred and Eight Years Ago Today, The Babe Joins The Red Sox. Babe Ruth joined us in the middle of 1914, a 19-year-old kid. He was a left-handed pitcher then, and a good one.
Coach Bill Squires
Coach Bill Squires died on June 30 at age 89. He was one of the greats on a par with distance coaching peers such as Bill Bowerman and Arthur Lydiard. He was also a mentor and dear friend.
Pro Football’s Happy Warrior
Billy Sullivan started the Boston Patriots with $8,000, an abundant supply of charm/blarney, and a dogged determination to succeed where five other Boston-based pro football franchises had failed.
Boston’s Consummate Sportsman
It’s been 58 years since the Celtics honored Walter Brown in a manner he’d have scotched had he been around to protest the raising of the retired number one banner in his honor on the night of October 17, 1964.
Charles F. Adams
There’s no doubt that Boston Bruins founder Charles Francis Adams shared certain core traits with the best of Boston’s professional franchise owners.
Mr. Patriot
Gino Cappelletti was one of, if not THE greatest football player and goodwill ambassador not enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Great Friday
1998. Once again we find that today’s Red Sox home opener coincides with that other Holy Day of Good Friday. Such was also the case in 1998 on a day that headlines proclaimed that beer sales would be prohibited on grounds of the solemnity of the religious holiday. Pretty sure that was a Fenway first.
