The Boston Red Sox have just swept the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series.
Did you know:
- Before Fenway Park, the Red Sox played at Huntington Avenue Grounds (opened: May 8, 1901; last game: October 7, 1911)?
- Cy Young threw a perfect game for the Sox against Philadelphia on May 5, 1904 (aided by Huntington’s 635 feet deep center field!)?
- Only one Red Sox player has hit for the cycle two times in his career (Bobby Doerr – May 17, 1944 and May 13, 1947)?
- The Red Sox have retired six numbers (1 – Bobby Doerr; 4 – Joe Cronin; 8 – Carl Yastrzemski; 9 – Ted Williams; 27 – Carlton Fisk; 42 – Jackie Robinson)?
- Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s #42 in 1997 for all teams?
- The first time the season attendance surpassed 1 million was in 1946 (1,419,944)?
- Ted Williams in 1941 bacame the last man to hit over .400 for a season (.406)?