Boston Red Sox

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re concerned that the new stockings would be too garish. They worried that they might “interfere with fans’ vision or…incite the crowds to riot.”
Fenway Park opened on April 20th, 1912. Taylor was tired of the leasing arrangement for the Huntington Avenue Grounds, so in 1910 he announced he would build a new ballpark for his Red Sox. Taylor named the new ballpark Fenway Park because of its location in the Fenway section of Boston. Also in 1912, the Red Sox won the World Series at Fenway Park against the Giants.
In 1914, a nineteen-year-old George Herman “Babe” Ruth joined the Sox. He has often been called the best baseball player of all time. Boston embraced their young superstar, and the "Babe" was always quick to tip his cap and wave to the crowd, making him all the more endearing to fans.
The Red Sox beat the Phillies in five games in 1915 for their 3rd World Series title. In 1916 the Red Sox played Brooklyn in the World Series. They won in five games. The Red Sox were world champions for the second consecutive year, achieving something that only the Cubs and Athletics had done before them.
Any true fan knows the significance of 1918. It was the last year that the Red Sox won the World Series. The owner at the time, Lannin, sold the Red Sox to Harry Frazee for $675,000. The Red Sox played the Cubs in the World Series and beat them in six games. In the six games, the Cubs scored a total of ten runs and the Red Sox only scored nine, yet somehow the Red Sox were still able to win. This is the last World Series that the Boston fans would see.
Frazee was a showman, and the Red Sox were just one of his road companies. So, when he needed money for the musical No, No, Nanette, he sold the Bambino to New York for $100,000. This was probably one of the most known transactions in history of baseball. Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth, have gone on to win 26, and are argu...