Boston Red Sox

Featured Red Sox Player Dustin Pedroia may be the smallest person on the field, but when it comes down performance, he has stood tall against the pressure of playing in Boston. He is the winner of the 2007 AL Rookie of the Year Award.

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Featured Red Sox Team The 2004 Boston Red Sox is the team that famously broke the Curse of the Bambino. After coming back from down three games to zero versus the Yankees, the Red Sox went on to sweep the Cardinals in the World Series. This gave the Red Sox their first World Series Championship since 1918.

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The 2007 Boston Red Sox finish the regular season at 96-66 (tie with Cleveland for the best record in baseball). The majic continued through the playoffs as the Sox went on to win the World Series. With spring training right around the corner, the Sox front office is already preparing a roster to defend their championship title in '08.

Before Fenway
Fenway park was not opened until 1912. The Red Sox previously played their games at the Huntington Avenue Grounds. Actually, before 1908 they were not even the Red Sox; instead they were named the Boston Americans. The Americans were lead by star players Jimmy Collins and the legendary Cy Young. These two helped lead their team to the first ever World Series played in 1903. In a best of nine series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Americans came out victorious; five games to three. The Americans made in back to the World Series in 1904, but were unable to win it all.

Years later, the best outfield in the league (consisting of: Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis) helped restore the franchise to its winning ways after a horific, yet short stretch of loosing seasons from 1906-1908. The Americans were renamed the Red Sox in 1908, and with a solid team in line for the future, the Sox moved into Fenway Park in 1912.

Fenway, the Babe, and the Curse
The first season the Boston Red Sox spent in Fenway Park (1912) they won the World Series Championship; thanks to Fred Snodgrass. During the 1912 World Series, Snodgrass of the New York Giants dropped a routine fly ball in center field which would have given a victory in extra innings to the Giants.

Babe Ruth emerged as a star for the Sox. He and Tris Speaker lead the team to repeat World Series titles in 1915 and 1916. But after teh 1916 season, Tris Speaker was traded by owner Joseph Lannin (1913-1916) to the Cleveland Indians. The Babe remained in Boston, helping the team to the 1918 World Series Championship. The franchise was seemingly unstoppable; winning three of four World Series. Well, as much as it seemed nothing could slow this franchise down, one thing could and did.

After the 1918 World Series the new owner Harry Frazee sold arguably the best baseball player ever (Babe Ruth) to the New York Yankees. This deal symbolized the downfall of a Red Sox dynasty. This occurance was considered to start the "Curse of the Bambino" which supposedly was Babe's curse to prevent the Red Sox from ever winning another World Series. In reality, the curse was an excuse for 86 years of bad front office decisions, choking in important games, and overall the inability for this franchise to win a World Series title.

Retired Numbers

 * 1 - Bobby Doerr - Second Baseman (1937-51); Manager (1967-69)
 * 4 - Joe Cronin - Shortstop (1935-45); Manager (1935-47); General Manager (1947-59)
 * 8 - Carl Yastrzemski - First Baseman/Outfielder (1961-83)
 * 9 - Ted Williams - Outfielder (1939-60)
 * 27 - Carlton Fisk - Catcher (1969-80)
 * 42 - Jackie Robinson - (Retired throughout MLB)

Owners

 * Charles Somers (1901-02)
 * Henry Killilea (1903-04)
 * John I. Taylor (1904-11)
 * Jimmy McAleer (1912-13)
 * Joseph Lannin (1913-16)
 * Harry Frazee (1917-23)
 * J.A. Robert Quinn (1923-33)
 * Tom Yawkey (1933-76)
 * Jean Yawkey 1976-77)
 * Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan, Edward "Buddy" LeRoux (1978-80)
 * JRY Trust, Haywood Sullivan, Edward "Buddy" LeRoux 1981-86
 * JRY Trust, Haywood Sullivan 1987-93
 * JRY Trust 1993-2002
 * New England Sports Ventures (John W. Henry, Tom Werner and partners; Larry Lucchino, CEO) 2002-

Managers

 * Terry Francona (2004-)
 * Grady Little (2002-2003)
 * Joe Kerrigan (2001)
 * Jimy Williams (1997-2001)
 * Kevin Kennedy (1995-1996)
 * Butch Hobson (1992-1994)
 * Joe Morgan (1988-1991)
 * John McNamara (1985-1988)
 * Ralph Houk (1981-1984)
 * Don Zimmer (1976-1980)
 * Darrell Johnson (1974-1976)
 * Eddie Kasko (1970-1973)
 * Dick Williams 1967-1969)
 * Billy Herman (1964-1966)
 * Johnny Pesky (1963-1964)
 * Pinky Higgins (1955-1959, 1960-1962)
 * Billy Jurges (1959-1960)
 * Lou Boudreau (1952-1954)
 * Steve O'Neill (1950-1952)
 * Joe McCarthy (1948-1950)
 * Joe Cronin (1935-1947)
 * Bucky Harris (1934)
 * Marty McManus (1932-1933)
 * Shano Collins (1931-1932)
 * Heinie Wagner (1930)
 * Lee Fohl (1924-1926)
 * Frank Chance (1923)
 * Hugh Duffy (1921-1922)
 * Ed Barrow (1918-1920)
 * Jack Barry (1917)
 * Bill Carrigan (1913-1916, 1927-1929)
 * Jake Stahl (1912-1913)
 * Patsy Donovan (1910-1911)
 * Fred Lake (1908-1909)
 * Deacon McGuire (1908)

MVP

 * Tris Speaker (1912)
 * Jimmie Foxx (1938)
 * Ted Williams (1946, 1949)
 * Jackie Jensen (1958)
 * Carl Yastrzemski (1967)
 * Fred Lynn (1975)
 * Jim Rice (1978)
 * Roger Clemens (1986)
 * Mo Vaughn (1995)

Rookie of the Year

 * Walt Drapo (1950)
 * Don Schwall (1961)
 * Carlton Fisk (1972)
 * Fred Lynn (1975)
 * Nomar Garciaparra (1997)
 * Dustin Pedroia (2007)

Cy Young

 * Jim Lonborg (1967)
 * Roger Clemens (1986, 1987, 1991)
 * Pedro Martinez (1999, 2000)

Record Per Season
* = Won AL Pennant ** = Won World Series

Minor League Teams
Triple-A: Pawtucket Red Sox, International League

Double-A: Portland Sea Dogs, Eastern League

Advanced-A: Lancaster JetHawks, California League

Single-A: Greenville Drive, South Atlantic League

Short-A: Lowell Spinners, New York-Penn League

Rookie: GCL Red Sox, Gulf Coast League

Rookie: Dominican Summer League Red Sox, Dominican Summer League

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