Gameday Red Sox (2025)

FAQs

Why don't the Red Sox wear red socks? ›

Socks and sweatshirts

Since 2003, the team has worn all-red stockings with both their home and away uniform sets, along with red sweatshirts, with one exception: as part of the 2009 logo and uniform redesign, the Red Sox initially wore solid blue stockings and sweatshirts with their road uniforms.

Origins of the curse of the Bambino

The curse's roots trace back to December 26, 1919, when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 and a $300,000 loan to finance a Broadway musical produced by then Red Sox owner Harry Frazee.

Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, the bloody sock and his crafted “K ALS” cleat became one of the hottest topics in postseason history during the 2004 playoffs – so dramatic that not even Hollywood could script it.

On game days, a very limited number of tickets for that day's game are sold at Gate E on Lansdowne Street beginning 90 minutes prior to game time. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. See "How to Buy" (to the right) for important information.

What is '617' on the Red Sox jersey? The 617 on the Red Sox's City Connect jerseys represents the area code for Boston and Fenway Park. The team placed the digits within a racing bib to simulate what Boston Marathon runners wear during the race.

"Owner Frank McCourt, Jr. has said the decision was prompted by a desire to stress a team approach and not focus on the individual." How quaint!

After the season, Ruth announced that he wanted his salary doubled to a league-high $20,000. Fed up with Ruth's carousing and confrontations with management, Frazee decided that the Babe's time in Boston was up.

Epstein is credited with trading away Nomar Garciaparra and acquiring Bill Mueller and Curt Schilling, moves that helped break the "Curse of the Bambino" when the Red Sox defeated the St.

"When I called JP, I was talking about maybe the premier job in sports," Beane said at a press conference announcing his intent to remain in Oakland. "What was going through my mind was the Red Sox were incredibly generous and accommodating, and the compensation was unbelievable, but I sort of wasn't doing cartwheels.

Schilling deleted and apologized for the controversial tweet the same day.

Who were the Red Sox idiots? ›

Twenty years ago this spring, Arroyo, Kevin Millar and David Ortiz arrived in Boston, joining a team with Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Johnny Damon and a crew of wild personalities that captured the sport's imagination.

One of the most-storied franchises in American sports, the Red Sox have won nine World Series titles and 14 American League (AL) pennants. Founded in 1901, the franchise (then unofficially known as the Boston Americans) was one of the eight charter members of the American League.

Fenway Park has transitioned to a fully cashless environment. For convenience and to improve speed of service, concessions stands throughout the ballpark will only accept credit cards or touchless payment with smartphones.

The buzz of the home crowd at Fenway Park “finally came back this weekend,” as the Red Sox took back a series from the Yankees on Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 36,718, according to Peter Abraham of the BOSTON GLOBE. It was the largest crowd of the season.

Tickets on SeatGeek started at $62 for bleacher seats or $1,168 for a seat in the first row of a dugout box. Finally, on StubHub, you could get the lowest price for a ticket in the bleachers at $52, or a front-row seat to the right of home plate for $1,144.

Mencken described “sox” as a “vigorous newcomer.” “The White Sox are known to all Americans; the White Socks would seem strange,” he wrote. The spelling reform movement weakened over the course of the 20^th century.

Eventually, the Boston Red Stockings evolved into the Boston Braves; the club is now based in Atlanta, and retain red as one of their uniform colors. The Boston Red Sox, established in 1901, adopted their version of the old nickname in 1908.

Boston Red Sox players wear Red Socks.

Boston's road uniforms were numbered in bright pink, with pink lettering across the chest and a pair of pink socks replacing the usual red ones in the team's logo. It was all part of Major League Baseball's celebration of Mother's Day and an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness.