All posts tagged "Boston Red Sox"
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40.6K5ConnecticutThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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24.5K2MassachusettsThe Jimmy Fund Jimmy Survives, Gives Ted Williams a Thrill
Einar Gustafson was a 12-year-old cancer patient who launched the Jimmy Fund in 1948 and then quietly succumbed to the disease. Or...
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11.8KArts and LeisureHow the Balsams Resort Was Built on a Railroad Seat
The story of the Balsams Resort, one of New Hampshire’s great old hotels north of the notches, begins with a conversation between...
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24.9K8Arts and LeisureBabe Ruth Throws a Piano Into a Pond: The Truth Behind the Legend
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...
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33.9K6Arts and LeisureTed Williams, The First Latin American Superstar
Few people knew Red Sox great Ted Williams had Mexican ancestry. That’s because he didn’t tell them. Teddy Samuel Williams was born...
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11.7K2Arts and LeisureIsabella Stewart Gardner, Early Gay Icon?
Isabella Stewart Gardner is known to most for Fenway Court, her palatial Boston museum from which $500 million in art was stolen...
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