The Franchise – History • Records • Players • Managers • Broadcasters
Culture – Red Sox Nation • Curse of the Bambino • Green Monster • Pesky's Pole • Wally the Green Monster • The Impossible Dream • Fisk Waves it Fair • Bucky (Bleeping) Dent • Buckner's Blunder • 2004 World Series • Boston Dirt Dogs • "Tessie"
Ballparks – Huntington Avenue Grounds • Fenway Park
The Rivalry – Red Sox-Yankees • Babe Ruth • Roger Clemens • Wade Boggs • Johnny Damon
Important Figures – Harry Frazee • Tom Yawkey • Ted Williams • Carl Yastrzemski • Carlton Fisk • Johnny Pesky • Nomar Garciaparra • Pedro Martinez • Manny Ramirez • David Ortiz 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. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... 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) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... // 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. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 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... Red Sox Nation is a term given to fans of the Boston Red Sox. ... 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 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... Wally the Green Monster Wally the Green Monster is the official mascot for the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team. ... LIFE Magazine chronicles the 1967 season as a news event. ... The 1975 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. ... Bucky Dent (1970s) Russell Earl Bucky Dent (b. ... Dates October 18, 1986–October 25, 1986 MVP Ray Knight (New York) Television network NBC Announcers Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola Umpires John Kibler (NL), Jim Evans (AL), Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Joe Brinkman (AL), Ed Montague (NL), Dale Ford (AL) The 1986 World Series, the 83rd playing of the modern championship... 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... BostonDirtDogs. ... Tessie is the title of a Broadway song, as well as another song about how the singing of Tessie helped the Boston Red Sox win the first World Series in 1903. ... 1903 World Series Huntington Avenue American League Base Ball Grounds is the full name of a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. ... “Fenway” redirects here. ... The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry is one of the longest and most bitter rivalries in American professional sports. ... For the band, see Babe Ruth (band). ... William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed The Rocket, is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, and is one of the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. ... Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox, whose hitting in the 1980s and 1990s dominated the American League in much the same way as his National League contemporary Tony Gwynn. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Harry H. Frazee (1881 - June 4, 1929) was the baseball team owner who sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. ... Ted Williams & Tom Yawkey Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Austin (February 21, 1903 - July 9, 1976), was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. ... 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. ... Carl Michael Yaz Yastrzemski (pronounced ), i. ... Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26, 1947 in Bellows Falls, Vermont) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for 24 years with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. ... John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich, September 27, 1919 in Portland, Oregon), nicknamed The Needle, is a former Major League Baseball shortstop/third baseman who played in the American League from 1942 to 1954. ... Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American baseball player of Mexican descent who currently plays first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Pedro Martinez warming up in right field of Fenway Park before a game, June 22, 2004. ... Manuel Arístides (Manny) Ramírez Onelcida [ra-MEE-res] (born May 30, 1972) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who has played for the Boston Red Sox since 2001. ... David Ortiz (IPA , or roughly or-TEES, according to Latin American pronunciation) (born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as David Américo Ortiz Arias), is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who plays for the Boston Red Sox (since 2003). ...

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