Boston fans sometimes liked to wring some wry satisfaction out of the fact that most of the great 1923-27 crew were graduates of the Red Sox -- sold to millionaires Huston and Ruppert by a man who could not deny them their most trifling desire.

-- Boston Red Sox Outfielder Jackie Jensen said Monday night he was through playing baseball.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

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Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

In October 2005 the Diamondbacks hired 35-year-old Josh Byrnes, assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox, to replace the outgoing Joe Garagiola, Jr. as Diamondbacks General Manager.

The move was seen by some fans as a belated attempt by the D ' Backs to counter the trade by their division rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for Boston Red Sox power-hitting OF Manny Ramirez on July 31 and also to compensate for the injuries to Hudson and Byrnes, generally considered two of the more " power-hitting " Diamondbacks on a team which has relied heavily on pitching and defense in recent years.

Businessman Iver Whitney Adams then courted manager Harry Wright and founded the " Boston Red Stockings "

The now all professional Chicago White Stockings, financed by businessman William Hulbert, became a charter member of the league along with the Red Stockings, who had dissolved and moved to Boston.

Over the next couple seasons, The Boston Red Stockings dominated the league and hoarded many of the game's best players, even those who were under contract with other teams.

Ruth originally entered the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder.

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball ’ s American League Eastern Division.

The " Red Sox " name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the " Red Stockings ".

The Boston Red Sox are owned by Fenway Sports Group, who also own Liverpool Football Club of the Premier League in England.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

The Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league.

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

The Red Sox logo worn on uniforms in 1908, announcing the team's first official nicknameIn, the upstart American League established a competing club in Boston.

The National League club in Boston, though seldom called the " Red Stockings " anymore, still wore red trim.

Baltimore's own Babe Ruth pitched for the Orioles before being sold to the AL Boston Red Sox in 1914.

Jim Palmer won the Cy Young Award, but the Orioles lost the division title to the Boston Red Sox and their mega-rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice.

The name is often shortened to " Bosox " or " BoSox ," a combination of " Boston " and " Sox " ( similar to the " ChiSox " in Chicago or the minor league " PawSox " of Pawtucket ).

On June 30, 2009, the Orioles rallied to score 10 runs against Boston Red Sox after facing a 10 – 1 deficit in the 7th inning, winning the game by 11 – 10, setting a Major League Baseball record for the largest comeback by a last-place team over a first-place team.

Certainly the most positive event of the 2011 season for the Orioles, was their involvement in the events that took place on September 28, when they defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 thanks to 9th inning heroics by both Nolan Reimold, and Robert Andino leading to a walk-off win on an Andino RBI single, and prevented them from earning the Wild Card berth.

On May 6, the Orioles played a 17-inning game against the Boston Red Sox, the first game since 1925 in which both teams used a position player as a pitcher.

With the win against the Boston Red Sox on September 30 and the loss of the Los Angeles Angels to the Texas Rangers in the second game of a double header, the Orioles clinched the playoff berth.

* In the book Faithful by Steward O ' Nan and Stephen King, describing the 2004 season of the Boston Red Sox, there is a chapter contributed by King, named " The Gloom is gone from Mudville ".

Another pennant winner did not come until their championship season of 2005, when the White Sox won their first World Series championship in 88 years, breaking their epochal drought only a year after the Boston Red Sox had broken their slightly shorter but more celebrated " curse.

The team went down to the wire with the Boston Red Sox, winning a one-game playoff, the first in American League history, to go to the World Series.

The next season, he would be dealt to the Boston Red Sox where he won 20 games in 1978 and another 17 in 1979.

After defeating the Boston Red Sox in the Division Series and the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS, Cleveland clinched a World Series berth, for the first time since 1954.

After defeating the wild-card Boston Red Sox 3-1 in the Division Series, Cleveland lost the 1998 ALCS in six games to the New York Yankees, who had come into the playoffs with a then-AL record 114 wins in the regular season.

More than 25 carefully selected cities were visited, including New York, Brooklyn, Long Island City, Newark, Elizabeth, Stamford, Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport, Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, and Waltham.

Branch churches also sponsor annual public talks ( called lectures ) given by speakers selected annually by the Board of Lectureship in Boston.

The most popular choice — and the one that Sullivan selected — was " Boston Patriots ".

* June 19 – American college basketball player Len Bias suffers a fatal cardiac arrhythmia from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected 2nd overall by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft.

The project was given the code name " Back Bay " after a location in Boston, MA, and a mascot was selected, Fluffy Bunny.

At a mass meeting J. H. Smelser, a local resident and surveyor for the railroad, was selected to meet with railroad officials to secure the location of a depot at a point on the line nearest to Boston.

Boston pastor and theologian Harold Ockenga was selected as its first president.

In November 1941, Boston was one of four United States naval shipyards selected to build Captain class frigates as Lend-Lease for the Royal Navy.

During his second term in the House, O ' Neill was selected to the House Rules Committee where he proved a crucial asset for the Democratic leadership, particularly his mentor, fellow Boston congressman and later Speaker, John William McCormack.

In 1995, he was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

On July 5, 2009, he was selected to represent Boston in the 2009 All Star Game.

He was selected by the Boston Celtics as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft on June 17, but died two days later from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose.

Thrower, and WPIX-FM programming director Charlie Whittaker selected the music, based largely on the easy listening format the radio station had at that time, with the likes of Percy Faith ( whose rendition of " Joy to the World " is played at the beginning and the end of the telecast ), Nat King Cole, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston " Pops " Popular Orchestra, Mantovani, and the Ray Conniff Singers to name a few.

Whitt was selected in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox, and he made his major league debut on September 12, 1976, pinch hitting for Carlton Fisk in the seventh inning, as Whitt grounded out.

Byrd is a 1980 inductee of the Boston University Hall of Fame, and in 2008 was selected to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.

Bagwell was selected in the fourth round of the draft by the Boston Red Sox.

Revenue Solutions Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts was selected as a subcontractor by Accenture to design and implement the tax auditing software system.

VDC Research Group selected Enea OSE Multicore Edition Best of Show at ESC Boston 2009.

He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, five as its Captain.

After his second OHL season, Thornton was selected first overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins.

After failing to come to terms on a contract with the Capitals, Boynton was eligible to return to the draft, and he was subsequently selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins.

In 2008 – 09, Doan was selected to the 2009 NHL All-Star Game and won the inaugural Elimination Shootout segment of the Skills Competition, outlasting Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins in the seventh round.

Boston GM Harry Sinden intended to select defenseman Keith Brown, but Brown was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks immediately prior to Boston's selection.

The name eventually selected by Curtis and company was " Boston Garden ".

In 2003, Goldin was selected to be the ninth president of Boston University, but his contract was terminated a day before he took office at a cost of $ 1. 8 million.