My Top Five Red Sox Hall of Famers of All Time
Hey baseball fans!
In case you don’t know, I’m a huge Yankees fan. That means that I am literally forced to hate the Red Sox. However, I don’t hate some of the Sox’s past players. In fact, by the end of this post, you will know my top five favorite Red Sox Hall of Famers of all time, starting with number five.
Number Five: Ted Williams
Why? Ted was a great player...
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Rodney Craig, Unknown
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Which is sort of the point this time around.
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Firstly, kudos to the national sports media...
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Here's the release from the Red Sox:
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Carlton Fisk pleads guilty to DUI
Hall of Fame baseball catcher Carlton Fisk pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge, two months after police found him asleep in his pickup truck in a suburban Chicago cornfield.
Fisk, 64, was sentenced to one year of court supervision and must pay $1,250 in court costs. He also must undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and counseling.
Fisk's attorney...
Carlton Fisk pleads guilty to DUI
Hall of Fame baseball catcher Carlton Fisk pleaded guilty
Thursday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge, two months after
police found him asleep in his pickup truck in a suburban Chicago
cornfield.
Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk pleads guilty to DUI
Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge in suburban Chicago.
Fisk was sentenced Thursday to one year of court supervision and he must pay $1,250 in court costs. The 64-year-old Fisk also must undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation, and counseling.
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IT'S A CRUEL WORLD
Fisk has rare coins stolen from home
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