Radio broadcasts had not begun and most devotees of baseball attended the games near home, in the town park or a pasture, with perhaps two or three trips to the city each season to see the Cubs or the Pirates or the Indians or the Red Sox.

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.

He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.

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.

On August 18, 1967, Red Sox batter Tony Conigliaro was hit almost directly in the left eye by a fastball thrown by Jack Hamilton of the California Angels.

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 ".

Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

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

The Red Sox are consistently one of the top MLB teams in average road attendance, while the small capacity of Fenway Park prevents them from leading in overall attendance.

The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning.

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.

For 1908, the National League club returned to wearing red trim, but the American League team finally had an official nickname, and would remain the " Red Sox " for good.

Sportswriters sometimes refer to the Red Sox as the Crimson Hose and the Olde Towne Team.

However, most fans simply refer to the team as the " Sox " when the context is understood to mean Red Sox .< ref >

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.

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.

For the Powell and Pressburger team in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ) he played the role of the dashing, intense " good German " officer Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, and the tyrannical impresario Lermontov in The Red Shoes ( 1948 ).

The Red Sox had signed free agent Bill Mueller, another third baseman who would win the batting title that year, and many believed that Hillenbrand's lack of strike zone judgment would not be compatible with the on base percentage priorities of new Sox general manager Theo Epstein.

* Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox general manager

At this event, Theo Epstein, Vice President and General Manager of the Boston Red Sox, announced a new scholarship in Gammons ' name.

) With the assistance of a band of Boston musicians and former Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein, Gammons plays a Fender Stratocaster and sings at the annual Hot Stove, Cool Music concert event to benefit Theo and Paul Epstein's Foundation To Be Named Later, a charity that raises funds and awareness for non-profit agencies serving disadvantaged youth in the Greater Boston area.

Ryan had a run-in with Red Sox GM Theo Epstein.

His attempts were blocked by former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein.

Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein lauded Gutiérrez as " a veteran with a tremendous makeup ... he'll fit in well as a utility guy for us.

His grandson Theo Epstein is president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs and prior to that was for 10 years the general manager of the Boston Red Sox.

* The song is used as the signature song for former Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein's band Trauser, who perform it at all their concerts.

Red Letter Days is jointly owned by BBC2 Dragons ' Den entrepreneurs Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones, who purchased the company out of administration in August 2005.

Theo Epstein commented that Riske was traded because the Red Sox had too many right-handed relievers, and needed a left-hander like Lopez.

Following the season, the Boston Red Sox hired Theo Epstein as their new General Manager.

This included a threat to not show up for spring training if his latest demand was not met by Red Sox GM Theo Epstein.

At the age of 31, DePodesta was named general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 16, 2004, making him the fifth-youngest person to be named general manager in baseball history behind Jon Daniels ( 28 ) of the Texas Rangers, Theo Epstein ( 28 ) with the Boston Red Sox ( now of the Chicago Cubs ), Andrew Friedman ( 28 ) of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Randy Smith ( 29 ) of the San Diego Padres.

As GM of the Red Sox, Epstein hired sabermetrician Bill James.

Former Padres President Larry Lucchino became president and CEO of the Red Sox on November 25, 2002, and hired Epstein to work under him.

Epstein is credited with making several key acquisitions, including David Ortiz, Kevin Millar, and Curt Schilling, during his first tenure as Red Sox GM, who were regarded as instrumental in breaking the so-called " Curse of the Bambino " and winning the Red Sox their first World Series Championship since 1918.

" Because it was Halloween the night he resigned from the Red Sox, Epstein left Fenway Park wearing a gorilla suit in an attempt to avoid reporters.

Epstein remained in contact with the team's front office and on January 19, 2006, Epstein and Red Sox management announced his return.

In November 2008, Epstein announced, at the annual General Manager meeting, that he had signed a new contract with the Red Sox but declined to disclose the terms of the deal.

In December 2007, Epstein was mentioned in the Mitchell Report regarding a November 2006 email exchange he had with Red Sox scout Marc DelPiano on the possible acquisition of then free agent closer Eric Gagné.

On October 21, 2011, the Red Sox and Cubs jointly announced Epstein had assumed the position as President of Baseball Operations of the Chicago Cubs and had resigned as the Red Sox General Manager, and was succeeded by Ben Cherington.

* Sporting News Executive of the Decade ( 2009 )-Theo Epstein ( Boston Red Sox )

“ Statistically, if you consider 2008 and 2009, you could make the case there has been no better player in the league that time ,’’ said Red Sox EVP Epstein.

The Sauerbeck-Williamson deals give the Red Sox and Epstein a measure of revenge.

After Epstein left the Red Sox for the Chicago Cubs, he made an apparent reference to the book when he talked about the difficulty of dealing with " the monster " of fan and ownership expectations for a championship team every year.

After being assigned to review one of the books of Edgar Snow, Israel Epstein and Snow came to know each other personally and Snow showed him his classic work Red Star Over China before it was published.