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By Administrator Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox” Carl Yastrzemski, who had won the Triple Crown, was named the AL MVP via a near-unanimous vote. Yaz led the Sox to their first pennant since 1946 by winning the league title in batting [...]

By Paul SF Starting in 1939, six men have roamed left field at Fenway Park for what we can call a significant period of time: Ted Williams, 1939-1960 Carl Yastrzemski, 1961-1974 Jim Rice, 1975-1987 Mike Greenwell, 1988-1995 Manny Ramirez, 2001-2008 Jason Bay, 2008-present From 1996 to 2000, the...

By noreply@blogger.com (redsock) Ortiz's solo home run last night off Roy Halladay -- his 6th, more than any other player -- gave him 800 RBI with the Red Sox. Ortiz is the seventh player in club history to drive in that many runs, behind Carl Yastrzemski (1,844), Ted Williams (1,839), Jim Rice (1,451), Dwight Evans (1,346),...

By ssilva So began a thread on the Sons of Sam Horn message board this past October titled “Red Sox and developing power hitters.” Not a historical problem, of course. Boston’s storied past is flush with homegrown sluggers, from Ted Williams to Carl Yastrzemski to Jim Ed Rice to Mo Vaughn. And Boston’s...

By Paul SF Pedro Martinez, 2000Ted Williams, 1941Pedro Martinez, 1999Carl Yastrzemski, 1967Cy Young, 1901Roger Clemens, 1980Ted Williams, 1957Pedro Martinez, 2002Babe Ruth, 1918Ted Williams, 1946Joe Wood, 1912Roger Clemens, 1986Jimmie Foxx, 1938Babe Ruth, 1919Tris Speaker, 1912Ted...

By Administrator Brunet didn’t last long. After Stange retired California in order in the top of the first inning, the Sox wasted little time in pouncing on the Angels in the bottom of the inning. Mike Andrews and Carl Yastrzemski sandwiched ground balls around a base hit by third baseman Jerry Adair… cleanu...