TodayInRedSoxHistory

One daily tweet about an event that happened today in Red Sox history. They'll be interesting and they won't clog up your timeline

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4/9/07 David Ortiz blasts a pair of HRs and drives in all three runs as the #RedSox edge the Rangers, 3-2. Curt Schilling goes 7 innings for the W, Papelbon gets the 5-out save.

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4/6/39 The #RedSox and Reds play an exhibition game in Florence, SC in a 50 mph wind storm. With the score tied 18-18, the game is called in the 9th inning because all 54 baseballs have disappeared.

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4/4/01 Making his first start in a #RedSox uniform, Hideo Nomo throws the earliest no-hitter in MLB history as he blanks the Orioles, 3-0. Brian Daubach supplies the offense with a pair of HRs.

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4/2/08 Kevin Youkilis plays his 194th consecutive error-free game at first base, breaking Steve Garvey's 23-year-old major league record. He also goes 3-5 as the #RedSox blank Detroit, 5-0.

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4/1/13 Jackie Bradley, Jr. plays in his first MLB game, walks three times, scores twice and robs Robinson Cano of extra bases as the #RedSox beat the Yankees, 8-2 on Opening Day. https://t.co/Wv6N19pxBn

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3/30/78 The #RedSox acquire Dennis Eckersley in a 6-player trade with Cleveland. @Eck43 will pay immediate dividends, winning 20 games in his first season with the Sox.

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3/25/08 Daisuke Matsuzaka starts and Hideki Okajima gets the W when Manny Ramirez smacks a 10th-inning double to give the #RedSox a 6-5 win over the A's in the Tokyo Dome in the earliest MLB opener to date.

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3/20/06 The #RedSox trade pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Reds for OF Wily Mo Peña and 86 year-old special instructor Johnny Pesky is injured when a foul ball breaks a bone in his left ankle.

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3/19/61 The #RedSox announce that rookie Carl Yastrzemski will start the regular season in left field, succeeding the retired Ted Williams. Yaz will remain in the lineup for the next 23 seasons.

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3/18/43 Due to WWII travel restrictions, the #RedSox begin Spring Training at Tufts College in Medford, MA.

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3/11/99 The #RedSox sign free agent pitcher Ramon Martinez, reuniting him with his younger brother, Pedro. The two will combine to win 25 games this season (Pedro- 23, Ramon- 2)

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3/10/10 Nomar Garciaparra signs a one-day contract with the #RedSox and announces his retirement. He throws out the ceremonial first pitch before today's Spring Training game to former Sox and Georgia Tech teammate Jason Varitek

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3/3/32 While attending a going-away party in his honor before heading to Spring Training, #RedSox pitcher Ed Morris gets into an altercation with a gas station attendant who pulls a knife and stabs him in the chest. Morris dies 3 days later. #RIP

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3/1/12 The Captain hangs 'em up as Jason Varitek announces his retirement at a press conference in Fort Myers. Tek played 15 seasons with the #RedSox, winning two World Series and catching 4 no-hitters. #ThanksTek

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2/27/02 The sale of the #RedSox to a group led by John Henry becomes official. The price is a record $660 million.

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2/26/69 After winning the Triple Crown in '67 and leading the league in BA, walks and OPS in '68, Carl Yastrzemski becomes the highest-paid player in AL history, signing a 1-year, $130K contract with the #RedSox.

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2/26/86 Despite having led the league with a .368 BA and 240 hits in '85, #RedSox 3B Wade Boggs loses his arbitration case. He'll receive a salary of $1.35M this season instead of the $1.85M he was seeking.

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2/20/29 After MA voters voted in 1928 to allow sporting events on Sundays, the #RedSox announce they will play Sunday games in Boston. But since part of Fenway Park is within 1,000 feet of a church, the Sunday games will be played at Braves Field.

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2/19/53 During a combat mission in North Korea, the F9F Panther jet being flown by Ted Williams is hit by enemy flak, damaging the hydraulics and electrics. The #RedSox LF belly-lands the flaming jet at an airfield, skidding for almost a mile.

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Fitton Field, Worcester, MA, Apr 15, 1939 - Ted William's first at-bat in the state of Massachusetts in an exhibition game vs Holy Cross results in a grand slam scoring 4 Hall of Famers - Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr and himself. Sox routed the Crusaders 14-2 before 4,000