Hugh Bradley

The man who hit the first home run at Fenway Park was a native…

Dan Petry

Dan Petry was never a showman. He never sought attention. He…

Dizzy Dean

Frankie Frisch may have been playing possum, or just being coy.…

Harry Burrell

Sometime after his first major league season of 1977, Pat Putnam,…
Fred Tenney (BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, MCGREEVEY COLLECTION)

Fred Tenney

When it came to fielding prowess, the consensus was that Fred…
Umpire Emmett Ashford (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Emmett Ashford

aHe spent 20 years as a professional umpire, baseball's loneliest…

Claude Osteen

Down two games to none to the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 World…
Tony Lupien

Tony Lupien

Ulysses "Tony" Lupien played just four full major league seasons,…
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