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    Red Sox Legends
    Red Sox Legends
    Red Sox Legends
    Ebook108 pages56 minutes

    Red Sox Legends

    By Jennifer Latchford, Rod Oreste, Boston Public Library and Boston Red Sox

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    Through a combination of player interviews and historical narrative, Red Sox Legends is a tribute to the great players of the past. This book, a partnership between the Boston Public Library and the Boston Red Sox, is part of an effort to bring Red Sox history to life. Large format prints of most of the images included here are hung inside Fenway Park. The images shown are a sampling of the over 750,000 photographs in the library s collection and the tens of thousands of images in the Red Sox archives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateMay 2, 2007
    ISBN9781439634639
    Red Sox Legends
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    Jennifer Latchford

    Jennifer Latchford worked for the Boston Public Library on efforts to expose its wonderful collections to different audiences through partnerships like this and over the Internet. Rod Oreste was hired by Red Sox Hall of Fame executive Dick Bresciani in 1998 and has been with the organization ever since.

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      Red Sox Legends - Jennifer Latchford

      Pictured here are Bernard Margolis (left), president of the Boston Public Library, and Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.

      Red Sox Legends

      Jennifer Latchford

      Rod Oreste

      The Boston Public Library

      The Boston Red Sox

      Copyright © 2007 by Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston and the Boston Red Sox Foundation

      9781439634639

      Published by Arcadia Publishing

      Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA

      Library of Congress control number: 2006938406

      For all general information contact Arcadia Publishing at:

      Telephone 843-853-2070

      Fax 843-853-0044

      E-mail [email protected]

      For customer service and orders:

      Toll-Free 1-888-313-2665

      Visit us on the Internet at www.arcadiapublishing.com

      On the cover: Please see page 40. (Leslie Jones photograph, from the Leslie Jones Collection of the

      Boston Public Library.)

      Cover background: Please see page 20. (From the Sports Collection of the Boston Public Library.)

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      FOREWORD

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      AUTOGRAPHS

      FOREWORD

      This book was borne from a long-term partnership between our two great Boston institutions. The cultural heritage of Boston and the history of the Red Sox are permanently intertwined. The Red Sox have been a significant part of the cultural fabric of the city ever since the franchise first played at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in 1901. The Boston Public Library, in its efforts to preserve Boston’s cultural heritage and promote lifelong learning, has an unparalleled collection of historical Red Sox images. By creating the Galleries at Fenway Park, we are presenting these rarely seen images to Red Sox fans visiting Fenway Park. This book is based on one gallery located at the park’s Autograph Alley, a display that shows Red Sox legends through the years.

      We hope you enjoy this book, and we remind you to bring it with you when you visit the park. We have included pages at the back for the autographs you receive when you meet the legends of Red Sox history on your visits to America’s Most Beloved Ballpark. We also remind you to enjoy reading the greatest collection of books about baseball that you can find. They are all ready and waiting for you, now, at your Boston Public Library. Come visit.

      Bernard Margolis, President, Boston Public Library

      Larry Lucchino, President/CEO, Boston Red Sox

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      All original images are owned by the Boston Public Library, as part of its Prints Collections, or the Red Sox Archives, unless otherwise noted. Unless otherwise noted, the photographer is unknown.

      Special thanks go to Dick Bresciani, Dr. Charles Steinberg, Jonathan Gilula, Dick Johnson, Alan and Jason Kimenker, Aaron Schmidt, Henry Mahegan, and Nick Milono for their assistance in making this book possible.

      INTRODUCTION

      All my father ever talked about was Ted Williams, the greatest player to ever play the game. His memories of Williams brought him back to his childhood, the time when he first fell in love with baseball.

      As a kid growing up in Somerset, I couldn’t help but become a Red Sox fan. The 1967 Red Sox drew me in as a young teenager and made me a Sox fan for life. I went to opening day that year. The Sox played their way into the World Series, and, like most people in New England, I was locked in on them. Watching the Red Sox mount comeback after comeback in 1967 taught me that you can never lose faith. That’s the magic of Red Sox baseball.

      Every citizen of Red Sox Nation has a unique story about how the team, a game, or a player touched their lives. For my dad, it was Williams. For me, it was Yaz and that 1967 team.

      In the pages that follow, you will find photographs taken by Leslie Jones and other Red Sox photographers who captured the moments and players that are part of Red Sox history. Along with the images, you will read personal accounts from players discussing their own Red Sox memories and how the team, the game, and that famous ballpark have shaped their lives. Enjoy the book.

      Jerry Remy

      October 4, 2006

      The Boston Red Stockings were charter members of the National Association of Baseball (later changed to the National League). They were quite successful until the opening of Boston’s entry in the competing American League, the Boston Americans. Shown here is the 1900 team, called the Boston Beaneaters. In 1900, this team went 66-72, had a winning percentage under .500, and finished fourth in the league. Many of the players pictured went on to play for the Boston Americans when they were offered better contracts to play in the new league. The Beaneaters (later the Braves) suffered mightily over the ensuing years, until 1914 when they stunned the league by going from last place to first place in less than two months and winning the World Series. Pictured from left to

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