On April 26, 1982, Boston Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs collects his first major league hit. Boggs singles against Rich Dotson of the Chicago White Sox in Boston’s 3-2 win. Boggs will go on to win five American League batting championships…
April 10, 1982 At Memorial Stadium Wade Boggs batting 9th and playing first base goes 0 for 4 in his MLB debut for the Red Sox against Dennis Martinez in a 5-3 Red Sox loss to Baltimore. He goes hitless in his first two appearances, then bats .354 the rest of the way, and finishes…
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1981 – In the conclusion of the longest game in Fenway Park history, the Mariners beat the Red Sox, 8 – 7, in 20 innings, on Joe Simpson’s run-scoring triple. The game began on September 3rd, but was suspended after 19 innings.
May 25, 1981 Carl Yastrzemski becomes just the 4th player ever to appear in 3,000 games. He finishes his career with 3,308 games played, second only to Pete Rose.
April 12, 1981, Boston Red Sox left fielder Jim Rice is mobbed at home plate by teammates Perez, Stapleton, Evans, and Remy after hitting a grand slam in the 8th inning vs White Sox. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links
On April 10, 1981 the Baseball Season opened in Fenway Park and Carlton Fisk, the heart and soul, and 1975 Game 6 World series hero, had changed his Sox. From Red to White. He had signed a new contract on March 18 to play for the Chicago White Sox. In the season opener in a…
March 13, 1981 Lakeland Florida, 28 year Boston Red Sox star slugger Jim Rice gets into a heated confrontation with 61 year old VP of PR Jim Crowley. Rice had parked his yellow Cadillac in Crowley’s spot that had been his for 16 years, it was the third year in a row Rice…
On February 12, 1981, Arbitrator Raymond Goetz officially declares Carlton Fisk a free agent, citing the Boston Red Sox had violated the CBA by not mailing the catcher’s contract by the December 20th deadline as specified in the agreement. Next month, the 33 year-old future Hall of Fame backstop will sign a $3.5 million deal…
On January 23, 1981, the Boston Red Sox trade one-time American League MVP Fred Lynn and pitcher Steve Renko to the California Angels for outfielder Joe Rudi and pitchers Frank Tanana and Jim Dorsey. Lynn will struggle in his first year with the Angels, batting only .219 in 76 games.
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