All posts tagged "red sox"
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3.8KArts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Cy Young Makes His Baseball Debut
On the morning of Aug. 7, 1890, Cleveland baseball fans awakened to a Plain Dealer story announcing a victory by their rookie pitcher: “Chicago...
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16.4K4Arts and LeisureHow Rhode Island’s Lizzie Murphy Played Major League Baseball in 1922
Lizzie Murphy didn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Even as a little kid, when the boys told her she was too small...
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6.1K2Arts and LeisureBoston Red Stockings in the UK: In 1874, it Just Wasn’t Cricket
International baseball? The idea is almost as old as the sport itself, as it’s long been seen as the holy grail of...
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4.7K1Arts and LeisureWes and Rick Ferrell Bring Sibling Drama to Fenway Park
Wes and Rick Ferrell grew up on a North Carolina farm playing baseball and pushing each other to do better. While practicing...
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9.0K10Politics and MilitaryGregarious Grace Coolidge, Who Filled in the Silences
Grace Coolidge burst out laughing when she glanced through a boardinghouse window and spotted her future husband shaving in long underwear and...
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7.1K2Arts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Cy Young Pitches a Perfect Game
Cy Young won more baseball games than any pitcher can even dream of winning today. Over his 21-year career he won 511...
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