Warm ups take place in left field before an October 1918 World Series game in Fenway Park.
In 1918, the Red Sox made their third Fall Classic in four years, and triumphed over the (still luckless) Chicago Cubs in a six-game World Series. Babe Ruth’s ridiculous streak of consecutive World Series scoreless innings pitched ended at 29 2/3. The pundits – who like their modern-day version, didn’t know much – predicted that the Sox wouldn’t stop winning titles. But a tortuous wait of 86 years was about to begin. Though we hate to bring back bad memories on Fenway’s birthday, we should note that the Sox haven’t wrapped up a World Series at Fenway Park since 1918.