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.

* 1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.

Entering the new year, Henry sold the Marlins to Montreal Expos owner Jeffrey Loria, clearing the way for Henry to buy the Boston Red Sox.

The trophy is named in honour of James E. Norris, owner of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings from 1932 to 1952.

John W. Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and of New England Sports Ventures, bid successfully for the club and took ownership in October 2010.

In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.

In late April, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees owner Dan Topping agreed to swap the players, but a day later canceled the deal when Yawkey requested that Yogi Berra come with DiMaggio.

Tom Yawkey, the Red Sox owner, then sent Jack Fadden to Williams ' Florida home to talk to Williams.

* September 13 – John W. Henry, American foreign exchange advisor, Boston Red Sox owner

The Theatre was constructed in Shoreditch in 1576 by James Burbage with his brother-in-law John Brayne ( the owner of the unsuccessful Red Lion playhouse of 1567 ) and the Newington Butts playhouse was set up, probably by Jerome Savage, some time between 1575 and 1577.

In 1947, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra .< ref >

Smith is also the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, a comic book and novelty store in Red Bank, New Jersey.

The team ceased operations after the Sprint Cup Series ' 2011 season but Red Bull continued their support of the Braatz Racing # 8 ( Assumed Red Bull Racing Team's # 4 after 5 race owner points period )

In 2003, James was hired by a former reader, John Henry, the new owner of the Boston Red Sox.

During this time, Red Wings owner James E. Norris became the largest stockholder in the Garden.

The 1967 NHL Expansion depended on securing votes from the then-current NHL owners ; to ensure that Pittsburgh would be selected for expansion, McGregor enlisted Rooney to petition votes from James D. Norris, owner of the Chicago Black Hawks, and his brother Bruce Norris, owner of the Detroit Red Wings.

Reports surfaced after the 1870s that Stowe had in mind a wealthy cotton and sugar plantation owner named Meredith Calhoun, who settled on the Red River north of Alexandria, Louisiana.

Upon Norris ' death, his eldest son, James D. Norris, and Red Wings minority owner Arthur Wirtz ( the senior Norris ' original partner in buying the Red Wings 23 years earlier ) took over the floundering club.

In 1914 he became the sole owner of the Red Sox and in that same year he purchased the rights to bring Babe Ruth to Boston resulting in his team winning the World Series in 1915 and 1916.