History of The Boston Red Sox / City of Boston

Started in 1901, the Boston Red Sox have had a rich tradition in America’s pastime. With notable players such as Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and Ted Williams, to current stars like Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra the Red Sox have made baseball what it is today. I will discuss many things in this paper, including the histories of the city of Boston, Fenway Park, notable players such as Ted Williams and Babe Ruth, and the Red Sox current team.

Established by the elder John Winthrop in 1630 as the main settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Company, Boston was an early center of American Puritanism, with a vigorous, if theocratic, intellectual life(Buni). The nation's oldest public school, Boston Latin, was opened in 1635; Harvard, the nation's oldest college, was founded at Cambridge in 1636; a public library was started in 1653; and the first newspaper in the colonies, the Newsletter, appeared in 1704(Buni). With its excellent port, Boston held commercial ascendancy in colonial Massachusetts. As the American Revolution approached, it became a center of opposition to the British. The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in Charlestown on June 17, 1775, was one of the first battles of the Revolution, and Boston was occupied until the Br

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Williams just recently died and his children fought over his remains. The highlight of the season was Lowe's no-hitter at Fenway on April 27 against the Devil Rays. "

"Babe Ruth probably gave me more trouble than any other left-hand pitcher," said premiere hitter of the era Ty Cobb. "Home runs didn't provide 'Babe' with his biggest thrill in baseball," his wife said. The growth of industry in the mid 19th century brought many immigrants, and Boston changed from a commercial city of primarily British stock to a manufacturing center with an Irish majority, evolving gradually into the diverse, institutionally based city of today(Buni). The Orioles had discovered the young Ruth while he was enrolled at St.

Fenway Park's peculiar dimensions were not intended to provide a tempting target for home run hitters, but to keep non-paying customers out of the park(Shaughnessy).

The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth on January 3rd, 1920 to archrival New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park(Creamer). The Sox' Duffy Lewis was so skilled at playing balls hit to the ledge that it became known as Duffy's Cliff(Shaughnessy). Boston won that year too, beating the Philadelphia Phillies. Just like Yankee stadium, that park is practically falling apart, but they continue to use the facility because of the historical value it has.

When the big lefthander took to the mound for the Sox he threw with terrific velocity. "

And his offensive numbers were just as impressive. Taylor dubbed the new ballpark Fenway Park because of its location in the Fenway section of Boston.

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