
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team from Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are part of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. The Red Sox have played at home at the infamous Fenway Park in Boston since 1912. The Red Sox were founded in 1901 as one the American League's eight charter franchises. They were a fierce team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series game in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, also called the “Curse of the Bambino”. Many say this was caused by the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. The drought was ended in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series Championship. Since 2003, the Red Sox have competed in four ALCS, have won two World Series, and have emerged as arguably the most successful MLB team of the last decade. The “Red Sox” name originates from the iconic uniform feature. |