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To: SGCOS
I thought that Sox were called the Pilgrims.
440 posted on 10/25/2007 3:06:00 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
yup, that too.

From the Red Sox site:

Fenway Park is actually the second home for the Sox.

In 1901, the Boston Americans became one of the charter members of the fledgling American League.

The Americans played ball at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, now a part of Northeastern University's campus.

Boston Globe owner General Charles Henry Taylor, a Civil War veteran, bought the team for his son John I. Taylor in 1904.

At various times were called the Puritans, Pilgrims and Plymouth Rocks. In 1907, owner Taylor changed the club's name from the Pilgrims to the Red Sox.

In 1910, tired of the leasing arrangement for the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Taylor announced that he would build a ballpark for his Red Sox.

Taylor dubbed the new ballpark Fenway Park because of its location in the Fenway section of Boston.

Thought it was interesting..Now, to the Morse Code on the Fenway Park scoreboard..

444 posted on 10/25/2007 3:13:37 PM PDT by SGCOS
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