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A Yankee Stadium First: Browns' Thomspon Integrates the Bronx
On this day, 63 years ago, in a packed ballpark on a Tuesday night in the Bronx, Hank Thompson became the first black major leaguer to bat at Yankee Stadium in a regular season game when he led off for...
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Onward to The Playoffs
This is it, your very last chance to see the Sox begin their climb atop the American League East on their way to post-season glory. Ahhhh. In this issue of "You Have to Believe" there is a paid lunch,...
View ArticleOn This Day - Blech!
1941 - Joe DiMaggio is named American League Most Valuable Player. His 56-game hitting streak edges out Ted Williams and his .406 batting average for the award (291 points for DiMaggio and 254 for...
View ArticleSox sign Carl Crawford
In an absolutely surprising move, the Boston Red Sox apparently signed former Tampa Bay outfielder Carl Crawford for a deal worth $142 million over 7 years.Are the Sox done yet?
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A Recipe out of Left-Field
Shiver me splinters, the "New York Times" ran this splendid recipe for Ted Williams’s Fenway Chowder in their Dining Section on Wednesday. Next week look for Wrecks Ryan's recipe for humble...
View ArticleTodays Headlines: Cliff Lee to Phil-Lees
"Lee picks Phillies over Yankees"By GEORGE A. KING III"...Before midnight they were told by Lee's agent, Darek Braunecker, that Lee "was headed in a different direction." Minutes later, Texas was...
View ArticleSox Stories
The more things change..."In ’47, Tom Yawkey wrote the script for Gonzalez-Crawford story"By Clark Booth"Fast forward 63 years to Orlando, Florida, alongside Disneyland, where organized baseball’s...
View ArticleAaron Rodgers Out vs. Pats?
According to what they're saying in Milwaukee, Rodgers is unlikely to play for the Packers Sunday. And if he does play, it will be without the benefit of any film study. Win-win for the Pats. Story...
View Article2011 Red Sox Nation Packages
The 2011 Red Sox Nation packages are now available by going to redsoxnation.com.Fan Pack – $14.952011 Commemorative Citizenship Card2011 Red Sox Nation decal2011 MLB.com® Gameday Audio for your...
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Get Yourself Some Vintage Sox Uniforms
There is a very cool story on "Hauls of Shame" today about replica Sox uniforms being available to the public as early as 1919. Oddly, Babe Ruth is pictured in the ad for the store. Why is that odd?...
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“Otey and Jackie: An Unlikely Rivalry”
“I was really curious if you remember anything about the tryout at Fenway for Jackie Robinson?”“Yes, I know about that.”“Do you remember it happening?”“Yes, Cronin chose me - because I had good control...
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Red Sox vs. Yankees: This Time It's Impersonal
This is big. Really big. Like Tron big. Yeah, that's it, Tron big. It's a lot of bling and build-up and TV special effects, which ultimately will give way to a hackneyed storyline. No, it's not...
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RIP Lou Gorman
Boston.com is reporting that former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman passed away this morning. Best wishes to his family.I'll try to dig up some interviews I did with him a few years back.
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Goodbye Professor Thom's
“The Party’s Over”, “End of the Road”, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”, “Is This The End” (yeah, I have to have New Edition) --- Oh, sorry. You caught me in the middle of making a mix tape for my latest...
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day
On this day, in 1947, Jack Roosevelt Robinson made his Major League debut, playing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, at Ebbetts Field in front of 26,623 fans, against the Boston Braves, breaking the...
View ArticleRED SOX ANNOUNCE PREPARATIONS FOR 2012 CELEBRATION OF FENWAY PARK’S 100TH...
For Immediate ReleaseApril 20, 2011RED SOX ANNOUNCE PREPARATIONS FOR 2012 CELEBRATION OFFENWAY PARK’S 100TH ANNIVERSARYClub Invites Fans and Community to Join Planning EffortBOSTON, MA—The Red Sox...
View Article$9 Flights to Boston?
Johnny Went to Boston.Johnny Went to Town.Watch out Johnny-wait a minute. Johnny paid 9 bucks? Ok, you can't fly to Boston for $9, because you have to buy a return trip ticket to Newark. Hell, blow off...
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Radioactive Item Found in Boston
Update: This turned out to be a link from some old surveying equipment. This is the only news I've seen of it so far:AlertNewEngland Steve @ @tplants From the BFD radios.9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet...
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Adrian Gonzalez-san
Kampai! Gonzalez,conjured his inner Ichiro in belting this three-run homer.Read here.
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The Integration of Fenway Park
On July 21, the day was marked, as it is most years, with stories describing the anniversary of the 1959 debut of the Red Sox first black player, Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green. That event is remembered...
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The Spaceman Film is Taking Off!
Hello Bill Lee Backers,The word from the makers of the new Spaceman film is good, very good. They've reached their initial goal and then some, and are moving full speed ahead. See the update below and...
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George Kimball on the Jackie Robinson Tryout with the Red Sox
[If you don’t care too much about the details of the Fenway Park tryout of three Negro Leaguers on April 16, 1945, please skip my rambling preamble and go right to George Kimball’s email response far...
View ArticleJackie Robinson's Fenway Tryout
On this day, April 16, 1945, the Red Sox held a work out for three Negro League players at Fenway Park. Of the three players, only Jackie Robinson achieved great success in baseball. The irony of this...
View ArticleA Two-Fer at Thom's Tonight
It turns out I could have gone to Harvard after all. All I had to do was apply myself and be a little more creative like this guy, the Al Stump of undergrads. My problem was always telling the truth...
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R.I.P. Cappy Harada, A Forgotten Baseball Great
I got an email yesterday from a friend of mine in Japan that works for Japanese TV. The subject was "Sad News". I saw the header on my phone and thought instantly what it must have meant: "Cappy...
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