1967 team celebration at Fenway

[dustcover]

Could someone list the 17 players from the 1967 team that were in attendance at last nights ceremony?

 

1. Yaz

2. Reggie Smith

3. Mike Andrews

4. Hawk Harrelson

5. Rico Petrocelli

6. Jim Lonborg

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[cp176]

Could someone list the 17 players from the 1967 team that were in attendance at last nights ceremony?

 

1. Yaz

2. Reggie Smith

3. Mike Andrews

4. Hawk Harrelson

5. Rico Petrocelli

6. Jim Lonborg

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8.

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add - lee "the stinger" Stange, Jose santiago, Jerry Moses

[mvp 78]

Could someone list the 17 players from the 1967 team that were in attendance at last nights ceremony?

 

1. Yaz

2. Reggie Smith

3. Mike Andrews

4. Hawk Harrelson

5. Rico Petrocelli

6. Jim Lonborg

7. Mike Ryan

8. Jim Landis

9. George Thomas

10. Bucky Brandon

11. Hank Fischer

12. Gary Waslewski

13. Dave Morehead

14. Lee Stange

15. Jose Santiago

16. Jerry Moses (* Did not play in 1967)

17.

 

 

Still missing one. Did my best with pictures I found.

[sk7326]

Trivia I am not sure of ... is Red Sox-Cardinals the most frequently played World Series matchup that does not involve the Yankees? They've met 4 times since 1918

[mvp 78]

Trivia I am not sure of ... is Red Sox-Cardinals the most frequently played World Series matchup that does not involve the Yankees? They've met 4 times since 1918

 

Giants and A's have met 4 times as well.

[dustcover]

Hey thanks CP for your response. Another poster added that Jerry Moses didn't play for the 67 Sox. That of course does not invalidate him from being there. Did you catch a glimpse of him or see a picture of him at the ceremony?

[dustcover]

Hey MVP, thanks for your help, outstanding effort! Perhaps, one of the forum's other members will yet remember noticing the missing #17 who was in attendance.

 

I wonder if the Sox had a group picture taken of the guys who were in attendance?

[cp176]

Hey thanks CP for your response. Another poster added that Jerry Moses didn't play for the 67 Sox. That of course does not invalidate him from being there. Did you catch a glimpse of him or see a picture of him at the ceremony?

 

Just did my look back from memory. Prior to Mike Ryan and the acquisition of an older Elston Howard (who we all were very happy to get). I remember Tillman and Nixon very well. I did go back over the 67 roster and Moses did not appear. i could have sworn that he made at least a cameo appearance that year. I wonder if George Thomas was there?

[mvp 78]

Hey MVP, thanks for your help, outstanding effort! Perhaps, one of the forum's other members will yet remember noticing the missing #17 who was in attendance.

 

I wonder if the Sox had a group picture taken of the guys who were in attendance?

 

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2017/08/17/images/mlbf_1735555883_th_45.jpg

 

I'm too young to help out with names if I don't have the back of the jersey. Take a look.

[mvp 78]

http://www.bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/2017/08/16/081617soxms06.jpg?itok=JWQEuKAG

 

Another version.

[mvp 78]

AL Most Valuable Player Carl Yastrzemski will take part in the ceremony along with Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg.

 

Other notable players scheduled to attend are Mike Andrews, Gary Bell, Bucky Brandon, Ken Harrelson, Dave Morehead, Rico Petrocelli, Billy Rohr, Mike Ryan, Jose Santiago, Reggie Smith, Lee Stange, George Thomas, and Gary Waslewski.

 

This only lists 15 guys, but lists Rohr and Bell who I didn't catch. Maybe the 17 were the 15 I mentioned with Bell and Rohr with Moses not counting? IDK.

 

Globe story doesn't list Fischer or Landis who were definitely there per photographic evidence.

Edited August 17, 2017 by mvp 78

[dustcover]

Just did my look back from memory. Prior to Mike Ryan and the acquisition of an older Elston Howard (who we all were very happy to get). I remember Tillman and Nixon very well. I did go back over the 67 roster and Moses did not appear. i could have sworn that he made at least a cameo appearance that year. I wonder if George Thomas was there?

 

Kind of interesting that you'd remember Russ Nixon, as he was one of my favorites. However, Russ was a former Guardians catcher when the Sox acquired him in 1960. And he played for the Sox through 1965 after which he played for the Twins in 66 & 67. He then spent his final year with the Sox in 1968 before retiring.

 

But you might find it interesting that in 1967, Dick Williams did the unheard of by carrying 4 catchers on the roster, Tillman, Ryan, Howard, and rookie Russ Gibson who was an all-around athlete from Durfee High in Fall River.

 

I particularly remember Russ, because I attended Attleboro H.S. and we played Durfee in the Bristol County League. Russ was a 3-sport-star at Durfee High and a constant thorn in the side of AHS's whenever we competed with Durfee regardless of the sport. Playing forward, he led Durfee's basketball team to the 1956 New England Championship.

 

Interestingly enough, as a 27-year-old rookie in 1967, he made his major league debut with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April 14, catching fellow rookie Billy Rohr, who started against Whitey Ford and the New York Yankees. Rohr was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard who would later in the season join the Sox, looped a two-out, ninth inning single to right-center field. Gibson also contributed to Rohr's 3–0, one-hit shutout, going 2–for–4 and scoring a run.

 

Later in the season, on June 12 he hit a two-run home run at Fenway Park to defeat the Yankees 3–1. This home run was his first major league home run and it was hit off of Joe Verbanic.

 

And to top it off, he caught the first game of that year's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

 

And finally, before the 1970 season he was sold by Boston to the Giants, playing for them until 1972. On June 23, 1968, Russ went 4 for 4 against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. All four hits were off two of the greatest knuckle ball pitchers of all time, 3 of them against Wilbur Wood and one against Hoyt Wilhelm.

 

 

[Spudboy]

Kind of interesting that you'd remember Russ Nixon, as he was one of my favorites. However, Russ was a former Guardians catcher when the Sox acquired him in 1960. And he played for the Sox through 1965 after which he played for the Twins in 66 & 67. He then spent his final year with the Sox in 1968 before retiring.

 

But you might find it interesting that in 1967, Dick Williams did the unheard of by carrying 4 catchers on the roster, Tillman, Ryan, Howard, and rookie Russ Gibson who was an all-around athlete from Durfee High in Fall River.

 

I particularly remember Russ, because I attended Attleboro H.S. and we played Durfee in the Bristol County League. Russ was a 3-sport-star at Durfee High and a constant thorn in the side of AHS's whenever we competed with Durfee regardless of the sport. Playing forward, he led Durfee's basketball team to the 1956 New England Championship.

 

Interestingly enough, as a 27-year-old rookie in 1967, he made his major league debut with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April 14, catching fellow rookie Billy Rohr, who started against Whitey Ford and the New York Yankees. Rohr was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard who would later in the season join the Sox, looped a two-out, ninth inning single to right-center field. Gibson also contributed to Rohr's 3–0, one-hit shutout, going 2–for–4 and scoring a run.

 

Later in the season, on June 12 he hit a two-run home run at Fenway Park to defeat the Yankees 3–1. This home run was his first major league home run and it was hit off of Joe Verbanic.

 

And to top it off, he caught the first game of that year's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

 

And finally, before the 1970 season he was sold by Boston to the Giants, playing for them until 1972. On June 23, 1968, Russ went 4 for 4 against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. All four hits were off two of the greatest knuckle ball pitchers of all time, 3 of them against Wilbur Wood and one against Hoyt Wilhelm.

 

 

 

So you are a Blue Bombardier!

 

I live in the Land of NA.

 

We have Red Rocketeers here.

[cp176]

Kind of interesting that you'd remember Russ Nixon, as he was one of my favorites. However, Russ was a former Guardians catcher when the Sox acquired him in 1960. And he played for the Sox through 1965 after which he played for the Twins in 66 & 67. He then spent his final year with the Sox in 1968 before retiring.

 

But you might find it interesting that in 1967, Dick Williams did the unheard of by carrying 4 catchers on the roster, Tillman, Ryan, Howard, and rookie Russ Gibson who was an all-around athlete from Durfee High in Fall River.

 

I particularly remember Russ, because I attended Attleboro H.S. and we played Durfee in the Bristol County League. Russ was a 3-sport-star at Durfee High and a constant thorn in the side of AHS's whenever we competed with Durfee regardless of the sport. Playing forward, he led Durfee's basketball team to the 1956 New England Championship.

 

Interestingly enough, as a 27-year-old rookie in 1967, he made his major league debut with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April 14, catching fellow rookie Billy Rohr, who started against Whitey Ford and the New York Yankees. Rohr was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard who would later in the season join the Sox, looped a two-out, ninth inning single to right-center field. Gibson also contributed to Rohr's 3–0, one-hit shutout, going 2–for–4 and scoring a run.

 

Later in the season, on June 12 he hit a two-run home run at Fenway Park to defeat the Yankees 3–1. This home run was his first major league home run and it was hit off of Joe Verbanic.

 

And to top it off, he caught the first game of that year's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

 

And finally, before the 1970 season he was sold by Boston to the Giants, playing for them until 1972. On June 23, 1968, Russ went 4 for 4 against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. All four hits were off two of the greatest knuckle ball pitchers of all time, 3 of them against Wilbur Wood and one against Hoyt Wilhelm.

 

 

 

I remember that game by Rohr like it was just yesterday. What I mostly remember was the catch by Yaz to keep the no hitter alive. i was a big Reggie Smith fan too back in the day. i really enjoyed listening to him last night. I actually remember seeing him play a little second base. What I hope everybody heard were the words said about Yaz. His legend was forever cemented during that 67 season. Like Reggie said - he carried that team. Interestingly enough, he talked about how comfortable everyone else was with having Yaz in the lineup and how positively that affected everyone.

[Spudboy]

Yaz was the best.

[Northern Star]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

[Spudboy]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

 

If you were alive back then and living in Eastern New England you would have an understanding of how special that years was.

 

It was magic.

 

Then came Bob Gibson and Lou Brock.

 

I doubt very much that you will have approval of your post from any long time Sox fan.

 

It's no problem, though. I here ignorance is still bliss.

[Thunder]

If you were alive back then and living in Eastern New England you would have an understanding of how special that years was.

 

It was magic.

 

Then came Bob Gibson and Lou Brock.

 

I doubt very much that you will have approval of your post from any long time Sox fan.

 

It's no problem, though. I here ignorance is still bliss.

 

Just think how special it would have been to have been alive and consciously remembering the 2004 season. Oh, how great that must have felt.

[moonslav59]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

 

"I like heroes that don't get captured."

[Spudboy]

"I like heroes that don't get captured."

 

lol.

[a700hitter]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

You mean losers from back in the day when one team from each league made the postseason. There were no playoffs, no wild card. You went to the World Series if you finished with the best record in your league. Everyone else went home. There was a 4 team pennant race going into the last day of the season and three teams were still alive on the final day, But for that 1967 team, 2004 never happens, ... at least not in Boston. They were on the verge of leaving town, but the 1967 cardiac kids breathed life into a dead franchise and went on a streak of 17 consecutive winning seasons. It brought baseball back to all of New Rngland.

[Spudboy]

You mean losers from back in the day when one team from each league made the postseason. There were no playoffs, no wild card. You went to the World Series if you finished with the best record in your league. Everyone else went home. There was a 4 team pennant race going into the last day of the season and three teams were still alive on the final day, But for that 1967 team, 2004 never happens, ... at least not in Boston. They were on the verge of leaving town, but the 1967 cardiac kids breathed life into a dead franchise and went on a streak of 17 consecutive winning seasons. It brought baseball back to all of New Rngland.

 

Ah what the f*** do you know anyways?

[a700hitter]

Ah what the f*** do you know anyways?

LOL! I cant remember.

[Spudboy]

LOL! I cant remember.

 

Open up the binder in your head.

[a700hitter]

Open up the binder in your head.

It's not that easy sometimes. Many of the tabs have fallen off and the yellow highlighting has faded.

[Spudboy]

It's not that easy sometimes. Many of the tabs have fallen off and the yellow highlighting has faded.

 

Ah s***.

 

I guess we will have to go all Johnny Mnemonic with your squash.

[Bellhorn04]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

 

You are churlish.

[moonslav59]

LOL! I cant remember.

 

"Easy To Slip"

 

It's so easy to slip

It's so easy to fall

And let your memory drift

And do nothin' at all

All the love that you missed

All the people that you can't recall

Do they really exist at all

 

Well my whole world seems so cold today

All the magics's gone away

And our time together melts away

Like the sad melody I play

 

Well I don't want to drift forever

In the shadow of your leaving me

So I'll light another cigarette

And try to remember to forget

 

It's so easy to slip

It's so easy to fall

And let your memory drift

And do nothin' at all

All the love that you missed

All the people that you can't recall

Do they really exist at all

 

-Little Feat

[sk7326]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

 

Folks my age (I'm 39) remember the Red Sox as basically a good team my entire life. Yeah, there were some turkeys sprinkled in ... and years where they were 85-77 but the chase "ended" by August, but virtually every season you could (and still can) enter the season with legitimately aggressive dreams. This was not the case before 1967. The Impossible Dream is that breakpoint.

 

In a semi-related note - it is also why you can really argue the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry did not really START until the 1970s ... until then, the Red Sox and Yankees were very rarely good at the same time.

[mvp 78]

So now we're honoring teams that didn't win the World Series? Good to know.

 

They talked about the 30 year anniversary of the 86 Red Sox as much as they could last year.

 

It's perfectly ok to celebrate great teams that didn't win a WS. The players deserve the recognition.