Five things you didn’t know about Fenway Park
A couple million fans flock to Fenway Park each and every year to see the Red Sox play. But with a...
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A couple million fans flock to Fenway Park each and every year to see the Red Sox play. But with a...
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After starting the season with 11 consecutive road games – and losing 8 of them – the Red Sox finally hold their home opener. The raise their World Series banner and their players receive their rings, but they lose again, 7 – 5 to the Blue Jays. On the positive side, Dustin Pedroia starts at second base in his first game since last May, and it is the first time ever that both managers hail from Puerto Rico: Alex Cora for Boston and Charlie Montoyo for Toronto.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 20, 2012 | Ball Park | 0 |
The Red Sox celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park by inviting 200 former players and coaches, including the likes of team icons Johnny Pesky, Luis Tiant, Carl Yastrzemski, Bill Buckner, and Pedro Martinez joining the celebration, to come on the field for pre-game celebrations. Caroline Kennedy, the great-granddaughter of Boston’s former mayor known as Honey Fitz, who threw out the first pitch on opening day in 1912, tosses one of the three ceremonial first pitches. However, the Yankees spoil the party by hitting five homers, including two by Eric Chavez, on their way to a 6 – 2 win. For Ivan Nova, it is his 15th consecutive victory, dating back to last season. The victory moves the right-hander ahead of Whitey Ford (1961) and Steve Sundra (1938-39), and one shy of the franchise record of 16 consecutive wins, established last season by Roger Clemens.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 24, 2011 | strikeouts | 0 |
Losing 12-8 in Boston, the Mariners establish a new team-worst losing streak with their 15th...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jun 12, 2010 | Debut, Grand Slams | 0 |
On June 12 2010 During a 10-2 rout of Philadelphia at Fenway Park, Daniel Nava hits a grand slam...
Read MoreOn Jan 1, 2010 – Boston’s historic Fenway Park is host to a National Hockey League...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 16, 2008 | ALCS, walkoffs | 0 |
The Red Sox, behind 7-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, score eight runs in the three last frames to beat the Rays in Game 5 of the ALCS at Fenway Park, 8-7. Boston’s comeback victory is the biggest postseason rally since the 1929 A’s tallied ten times in the seventh inning to wipe out an eight-run deficit against the Cubs in their 10-8 victory in Game 4 of the World Series.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 21, 2007 | ALCS, Post Season | 0 |
On October 21, 2007, the Boston Red Sox complete a comeback from a three-games-to-one deficit to...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 22, 2007 | Homerun History | 0 |
On April 22, 2007, four consecutive Boston batters hit home runs off Yankee pitcher Chase Wright...
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Alex Rodriguez becomes the second player to hit twelve home runs in the season’s first fifteen games when he goes deep twice in the Yankees’ 7-6 loss to Boston at Fenway Park. Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt also accomplished the feat, hitting a dozen for the Phillies in 1976.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 4, 2006 | walkoffs | 0 |
On September 4, 2006, in a Labor Day game at Fenway Park, Carlos Pena belts a walk-off homer in...
Read MoreAfter 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 471 pitches, the Red Sox outlast the Yankees, 5-4, in Game 5 of the league championship. Boston’s DH David Ortiz, who is the first player in baseball history to hit two walk-off home runs during the postseason, ends the longest game in ALCS history at 1:22 a.m. with a two-out single into center scoring Johnny Damon from second in the 14th inning at Fenway Park.
Read MoreOn July 21, 2004 At Fenway Park – Thanks to an unusual play in the outfield, David Newhan...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Aug 21, 2003 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Much to the delight of the 34,844 fans at Fenway Park and the embarrassment of the team’s first baseman, the “Rally Karaoke Guy” makes his debut as a video of Kevin Millar as a Los Angeles City College freshman doing an impersonation of Bruce Springsteen singing “Born in the USA,” is shown on the scoreboard prior to the start of the 6th inning. The video, which was played at a clubhouse meeting in Texas as a prank by a college friend of Millar’s who is now a FBI agent, appears to be Boston’s answer to the Rally Monkey of Anaheim as the Red Sox win their first game in a week, beating the A’s, 14 – 5.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 23, 2002 | 3 homerun game | 0 |
Celebrating his 29th birthday by hitting three homers in Boston’s 22-4 rout of the Devil...
Read MoreOver 20,000 Red Sox fans gather at Fenway for a tribute entitled, “Ted Williams: A...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 27, 2002 | No Hitters | 0 |
On April 27, 2002, Derek Lowe becomes the first pitcher to toss a no-hitter at Fenway Park in 37 years. The Boston right-hander blanks Tampa Bay, 10-0. The last no-hitter at Fenway Park had been thrown by Dave Morehead in 1965.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Aug 6, 2001 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Boston’s backstop Scott Hatteberg hits into a triple play, but the catcher redeems himself in his next at-bat by hitting a grand slam, putting the Red Sox ahead in a 10-7 win over the Rangers. The triple killing, the third in Texas history, occurs when Hatteberg lines to shortstop Alex Rodriguez, who flips to second base, doubling up the runner on second, with second baseman Randy Velarde tagging the runner arriving from first.
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Jul 13, 1999 | All Star Game | 0 |
At Fenway Park, hometown favorite Pedro Martinez strikes out five of the six batters he faces to win MVP honors. The two All-Star pitching squads combine for a record 22 strikeoutsas the American League tops the National League in the 70th Mid-Summer Classic, 4 – 1. The game begins 15 minutes late as Hall of Fame OF Ted Williams rides out in a cart for the first-pitch ceremony. Players from both teams surround the former Red Sox star in a spontaneous display of homage.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 15, 1996 | 3 Home Run Games | 0 |
Frank Thomas hits three homers for the White Sox, becoming the Sox career home run leader, but Boston wins, 9 – 8. Thomas hits his first two off Tim Wakefield to pass Carlton Fisk (214).
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 6, 1996 | Cycle, Triple Play | 0 |
On June 6, 1996, two rare baseball events take place in a game between the Boston Red Sox and...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Jul 17, 1990 | Triple Play | 0 |
Minnesota becomes the first team in history to turn two triple plays in the same game. Both are started on grounders to 3B Gary Gaetti, who has started five of the Twins’ last six triple killings. The Twins’ triple killings aren’t enough as the team loses to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 1 – 0.
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Sep 25, 1989 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Boston’s Wade Boggs goes 4 for 5 in a 7 – 4 win over the Yankees to become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. It is Boggs’s 7th straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern major league record. Dwight Evans also puts his name in the record books by belting his 20th homer. He is the only current player with 20 or more homers in each of the last nine years. The Red Sox also announce the team will not exercise its option on Jim Rice next season while Bob Stanley, the club’s all-time save leader with 173, reports he will call it quits.
Read MoreAugust 1, 1989 In game 2 of a double header At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox Nick Esasky takes Dave...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 4, 1989 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
On June 4, 1989 At Fenway Park, the Red Sox take a 10-0 lead through 6 innings. The Blue Jays then...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Oct 23, 1986 | World Series | 0 |
1986 – At Fenway Park, Bruce Hurst’s complete game victory gives the Boston Red Sox a 4 – 2 win and 3-2 lead in the World Series against the New York Mets. Hurst scatters 10 hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 22, 1986 | World Series | 0 |
On October 22, 1986, Gary Carter blasted a pair of home runs to lead New York to a 6-2 victory...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 29, 1986 | 3 Home Run Games, 3 homerun game | 0 |
Cleveland’s Joe Carter belts three home runs and singles twice as the Indians beat the Red Sox, 7 – 3, at Fenway Park.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 7, 1984 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Bill Buckner and Tony Armas each hit grand slams in the first two innings off Tigers ace Jack Morris to spark the Red Sox to a 12 – 7 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. Detroit takes the second game, 7 – 5, in 11 innings, after scoring a run in the 9th to tie. Lance Parrish’s two-run homer ends it and Aurelio Lopez improves to 9-0.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 1, 1983 | Retirement | 0 |
A sellout crowd gathers on a rainy afternoon at Fenway Park to pay tribute to Carl Yastrzemski, who has spent 23 years in a Red Sox uniform, after having the unenviable task in 1961 of replacing Hall of Fame legend Ted Williams. The team and fans honor the Captain, with Yaz Day, giving the 44 year-old, who will finish his career with over 3,000 hits and over 400 home runs, an opportunity to say farewell to his admirers.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 8, 1982 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
A TRUE HERO. The date was August 8, 1982. The Red Sox were playing an afternoon game at...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 7, 1982 | Fans | 0 |
Jim Rice climbs into the Fenway Park stands from the dugout to assist a young boy who had just been hit in the head by a savage line drive foul off the bat of Dave Stapleton. The Red Sox slugger’s quick response of picking up the four year-old boy and running through the dugout to a waiting ambulance is credited with possibly saving the child’s life.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 10, 1981 | Debut, Free Agency, Homerun History, Podcast | 0 |
PODCAST On April 10, 1981 the Baseball Season opened in Fenway Park and Carlton Fisk, the heart...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 20, 1980 | 3 Home Run Games | 0 |
On June 20, 1980, five-foot, five-inch Freddie Patek known by the nickname of “Flea”...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 24, 1979 | Homerun History | 0 |
Going deep off A’s hurler Mike Morgan at Fenway Park, Red Sox first baseman Carl Yastrzemski becomes the 18th major leaguer and seventh in the American League to hit 400 home runs. ‘Captain Carl’ will end his 23-year career with 452 homers.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 2, 1978 | Pennant Winners | 0 |
On October 2, 1978, Bucky Dent’s unlikely home run helps the New York Yankees defeat the Boston...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 1, 1978 | Playoff Games, Team Streaks | 0 |
On October 1, 1978, the Boston Red Sox win their eighth consecutive game to force a playoff game...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 9, 1977 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1977 – In the second game of a doubleheader loss in Boston, Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell debut together. They will hold down the 2B and SS jobs in Detroit for a record 19 years. Boston prevails today, 5 – 1 and 8 – 6.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 29, 1977 | 3 homerun game | 0 |
At Fenway Park, Jim Rice clubs three homers – in the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th innings – but Boston loses to the Oakland A’s, 8 – 7. Rice adds a single in the 4th. He is the first Bosox player to hit the hat trick since Norm Zauchin on May 27, 1955.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Aug 10, 1977 | lost homerun | 0 |
8/10/1977: In the bottom of the 7th George Scott hit a ball at Fenway Park that struck the center field wall to the right of the vertical yellow line the separates a homer, if it hits to the right of the line, from a ball in play, so it should have been called a home run. Second base umpire Russ Goetz called the ball in play, however. Scott shouted at Goetz as he rounded second and gave the arm twirling motion for a homer. He legged out a triple on the play but might have had an inside the park homer if he had not complained to the umpire. See the top picture on this page to see the line on the wall (although the Green Monster seats were not there in 1977).
Read MorePosted by Tom | Oct 23, 1975 | World Series Clinchers | 0 |
Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson and catcher Johnny Bench celebrate their World Series...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 22, 1975 | World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
On October 22, 1975, the Cincinnati Reds finish off what some consider the greatest World Series...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 21, 1975 | walkoffs, World Series | 0 |
On October 21, 1975, At Fenway Park, on Cincinnati Red’s Pat Darcy’s second...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 12, 1975 | World Series | 0 |
October 11, 1975 At Fenway Park (Photo) Luis Tiant pitching to Pete Rose in the 1975 World Series....
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 12, 1975 | This Day In Baseball, World Series | 0 |
1975 – Down 2 – 1 in the 9th inning, Cincinnati rallies to beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series, 3 – 2.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 18, 1975 | Homerun History, Lasts | 0 |
On September 18, 1975, future Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew hits his 573rd and final career home...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 24, 1974 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
August 24, 1974, Boston Red Sox pitchers Luis Tiant (L) and Juan Marichal (R) pose with their...
Read MoreThurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway Park. With a 2 – 2 score in the top of the 9th, Munson, attempting to score from third on a missed bunt by Gene Michael, crashes into Fisk and they both come up swinging. Boston wins, 3 – 2, in the bottom of the inning.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jun 29, 1973 | lost homerun weather, This Day In Baseball | 0 |
6/29/1973: Rico Petrocelli homered off Jerry Bell in Fenway Park but lost it to rain. The hit came in the first inning with two out and two on.
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