The Franchise – History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters
Culture – Curse of the Bambino • The Impossible Dream • 2004 World Series • Fenway Frank
Ballparks – Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds • Fenway Park
Fenway Features – Green Monster • Pesky's Pole • Fisk Foul Pole
Important Figures – Harry Frazee • Babe Ruth • Ted Williams
Rivalries – Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... // Crowd outside Huntington Avenue Grounds during the 1903 World Series. ... // Batting Average: Ted Williams, .344 On-base percentage: Ted Williams, .482 Slugging Percentage: Ted Williams, .634 OPS: Ted Williams, 1. ... The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Boston Red Sox franchise, and also include players under protection on the 2005 40-man roster as listed on MLB.com. ... Fred Hoey (1925-1938) Frankie Frisch (1939) Jim Britt (1940-1950) Curt Gowdy (1951-1965) Ned Martin (1961-1992) Ken Coleman (1966-1974, 1979-1989) Dave Martin (1972-1974) John McLean (1972) Jim Woods (1974-1978) Dick Stockton (1975-1978) Ken Harrelson (1975-1980) Rico Petrocelli (1979) Jon Miller (1980... Babe Ruth -- The Bambino The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited, often jokingly, as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series after they sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees. ... The Impossible Dream is the debut album from The X Factor UK series 2 runner-up Andy Abraham. ... Dates October 23, 2004–October 27, 2004 MVP Manny Ramírez (Boston) Television network Fox Announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver Umpires Ed Montague (Crew Chief), Dale Scott, Brian Gorman, Chuck Meriwether, Gerry Davis, Charlie Reliford The 2004 World Series represented the 100th time two modern Major League Baseball teams... Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts and was the home field of the Boston Red Sox from 1901 to 1911. ... “Fenway” redirects here. ... The Green Monster in 2006, showing the manual scoreboard and Green Monster seating, and more recent additions, including charity advertisements along the top, billboards above the Green Monster seating, and the American League East standings. ... The bottom portion of Peskys Pole, with the Green Monster in the background and Fenway Parks right field seats in the foreground, on June 22, 2004 Peskys Pole, or Pesky Pole, is the nickname of the right field foul pole at Fenway Park, home of the Boston... Harry H. Frazee (1881 - June 4, 1929) was the baseball team owner who sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. ... For the band, see Babe Ruth (band). ... Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the... The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is one of the longest and most bitter rivalries in professional sports. ...

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