“As hard as it may be for their partisans to believe today, there was indeed a time when the Boston Red Sox did not exist. This flaw in the national culture was corrected in 1901” said Dan Honig. On January 28th, 1901, Byron Johnson decided to start a team in Boston to be part of his American Baseball League. This team, the Boston Americans, eventually became the Boston Red Sox. They played on a field on Huntington Avenue. The big star player of the team at that time was the great Denton True "Cy" Young, more commonly known as "Cy," the big right hander spent nearly 20 years in the big leagues and set the pitching standard for all of baseball to follow. He was the only pitcher in baseball's first 100 years to win 500 games, including three no-hit shutouts and a perfect game on May 5, 1904.

On May 7th, 1903, one of the oldest rivalries in all of sports was started. It was the first time that the Bost

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.

The 2001 season was a disappointment for the Sox. They were in 1st place until the All-Star break, and then the team just crumbled. They fired manager Jimy Williams towards the end of the season and finished way behind the Yankees.

Tom Yawkey, who bought club in 1933, began a major renovation of the park. “The revitalization project, however, came to a screeching halt on January 5, 1934 when a second fire ravaged the building for five hours. Few areas of the ballpark were left undamaged. Construction crews worked hard to rebuild the ballpark in time for the season opener on April 17, 1934. And when Fenway Park did open that day, it had a new look.

In 1994 there was a strike in Major League Baseball, which shortened the season. The MLB decided to open spring training and start the next season with replacement players; amateurs, free agents, and minor-leaguers. The obvious sub-par product offended fans and made Major League Baseball look foolish. The strike ended on April 2nd, and the season started on the 26th. 1995 was a good year for the Sox, with leadership from Mo Vaughn and Tim Wakefield. That year the Sox won the division title.

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.

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