
May 1, 1920: An extreme exercise in futility: Braves, Dodgers play 26 innings to no decision
It rained all morning in Boston. Not hard, just a persistent…

October 9, 1926: Red Grange returns to Boston with upstart pro football league
Less than a year after Red Grange and the Chicago Bears debuted…

September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war
With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since…

April 11, 1925: Braves, Red Sox resume City Series in Boston
As Boston Herald sportswriter Burton Whitman saw the preseason…

May 24, 1919: Hank Gowdy Day at Braves Field
Welcoming back their popular soldier-catcher Hank Gowdy after…

September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders
When Ben Cantwell took the mound for the Boston Braves at Braves…

June 2, 1928: Les is more: Braves’ Bell wallops three home runs
No ballpark was more suited to the Deadball Era in which it was…

May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field
Though the crowd for the joyous May 7, 1918, Braves Field record…

May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0
Shortstop Johnny Rawlings had the game of his life leading the…

October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf
It was Columbus Day and the biggest crowd of the 1916 World Series.…

July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field
An ordinary doubleheader on a lazy Tuesday afternoon turned extraordinary…

December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston
From the birth of the National Football League, in 1922, it took…

October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett’s unassisted triple play
In 1923, the National League Braves and the American League Red…

May 8, 1925: Braves, Cubs celebrate National League’s Golden Jubilee
“By gory,” blurted Jack Manning to former teammate George…

December 4, 1920: Big-time college football comes to Braves Field
The 1920 Boston College-Holy Cross football game was an important…

June 13, 1916: Braves, Reds play longest scoreless duel in MLB history
Thanks to sterling pitching, no clutch hitting, and two umpiring…

June 16, 1916: Salida Tom Hughes no-hits Pirates at Braves Field
On paper the game between the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates…

October 9, 1916: Red Sox win Game 2 on a loaned diamond; Babe Ruth goes the distance in 14
For the second year in a row, Boston won the pennant in 1916,…

April 14, 1925: First radio broadcast from Braves Field
The first radio broadcast at Braves Field took place on April…

May 9, 1921: Collegians versus the Pros: BC’s Jimmy Fitzpatrick stymies Boston Braves
Jimmy “Fitz” Fitzpatrick was already known as one of the…

October 7, 1916: Red Sox win a home game — a mile away from home
The 1916 season began with the reigning world champion Boston…

August 18, 1915: Braves Field opens in Boston
A brief glance at the box score for the mid-August game between…

October 12, 1915: Ernie Shore leads Red Sox to Game Four victory
Game Four of the 1915 World Series was the second home game in…

October 11, 1915: Red Sox squeeze by Pete Alexander’s Phillies in Game Three
The 1915 World Series featured the upstart Philadelphia Phillies,…