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The Boston Red Sox, an American professional baseball team competing in the American League (AL) East division of Major League Baseball (MLB), are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Sox were one of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, replacing an earlier Boston professional ball team called the "Boston Red Stockings", who had played in the National Association League. The Boston Red Stockings had won four championships in their five seasons as a professional team. In 1912, the new Boston Americans renamed themselves the "Red Sox", honoring the previous team and because of the red hose they were using as part of their team uniform since 1908. The Red Sox played their home games a ballpark called the Huntington Avenue Grounds between 1901-1911 before moving to Fenway Park (1912-present). They chose the team colors of red, navy blue, and white. Over the years Boston fans and the press have used the following nicknames for their team: "The Sox", the "The BoSox", and even the "Olde Towne Team".
Boston was a dominant team in the new American League, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the very first World Series in 1903 and winning it four times by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history starting after the Red Sox' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees. The superstitious later dubbed this the "Curse of the Bambino" (Babe Ruth;s nickname). It began an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004. Throughout their history the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees has for over 100 years dominated the the baseball scene in New England. It should, however, be pointed out that the Sox have won nine World Series titles, fourteen American League pennants, and ten East Division titles in their long history.
I always wonder about a rivalry between the Sox and the then New York Giants. In 1904, there was no World Series played between the champions of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) when the New York Giants declined to meet the American League champions, the Boston Americans (later the Red Sox), because they were from what the Giant's manager John McGraw considered a minor league. McGraw said his Giants were already the world champions because they were the champions of the "only real major league." Yet no Giants-Red Sox rivalry began. Go figure.
It should be noted that in the early years baseball teams used pennants rather than flags (hence the practice of calling championships winning the pennant) and there were a host of unofficial manufacturer's variants of these and later fan flags marketed for their fans. They included flags, banners, and pennants too numerous to all be shown here.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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The Red Sox have won World Series titles in 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, and 2018. This Vintage flag is from their 2007 World Series Championship. The 2007 World Series was the 103rd World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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These Vintage flag were from the Sox 2013 World Series Championship. This was the 109th World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Boston Red Sox and the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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This flag marks the Boston Red Sox' fourteenth American League Pennant having previously won in 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, and 2013. They defeated the Houston Astros, four games to one, for the 49th American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2018 World Series. The Sox' were on their way to their ninth World Championship. The final AL championship game was played in Fenway Park where they have played their home games since 1912.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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The latest Red Sox' World Championship was the 2018 World Series where they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 4 games to one game series.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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Dustin Pedroia, jersey number 15, is the Boston Red Sox' second baseman. He is a four-time All-Star and an American League (AL) "Most Valuable Player". He has also received four Gold Glove Awards and a Silver Slugger award. Pedroia is the only player from the 2007 World Series team still with the club, and the longest tenured player on the Red Sox' roster. Pedroia is under contract with the Red Sox through the 2021 season and a fan favorite.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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These Red Sox fan flags use the team logo or the cap insignia on red backgrounds or fields.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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These Red Sox fan flags presents us with team logos, cap insignia, and Red Sox text combined both with original design treatment and unusual interpretations.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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Two examples of Red Sox fan flags using "Red Sox" font on navy blue and silver fields.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
This tricolor Red Sox fan flag uses blue-red-blue stripes in the team colors. The Red Sox logo is centered defacing all three horizontal bands.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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This popular flag design can be found for most professional teams (and sports), using the appropriate team colors and logos naturally.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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These type flags have been reproduced in team colors for all the MLB baseball teams (also for football and basketball teams in the United States) and displayed by their enthusiastic fans.
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The flags come in several manufacturer's variants using different logos in the cantons - some with stars, some not - with different team color stripes at their fly end.
image from Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
Manufacturers producing Red Sox flags have also moved the logos to the fly end of their flags producing some very original design interpretations.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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This Red Sox Fan Flag features Disney's Mickey Mouse. These flags are now being made for some of the MLB teams by WinCraft and/or Heartland Flags. This one is officially licensed by the Boston Red Sox. The Sox version of the flag features Disney's Mickey Mouse in a Sox uniform with bat - the image and wording reads correctly on one side only with the opposite side being backwards
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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A couple more examples of Red Sox flag variants using team colors and Red Sox logos with different patterns and treatments.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
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This flags are for those families with divided loyalties between different teams. In this case, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, one of the oldest rivalries in baseball. It began when Pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth was traded to New York from Boston in 1920. That trade haunted the Red Sox for the next 86 years and came to be called the "Curse of the Bambino" (Babe Ruth's nickname). The 86 years between World Series championships for the Red Sox was one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history (1919-2014). But hey, baseball fans aren't superstitious are they?
The second flag shown here featured the 2007 World Series rival ship between the Colorado Rockies and Red Sox for those families of mixed loyalties. The Red Sox won the championship in a 4-0 sweep that year.
Pete Loeser, 10 April 2019
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Another Sox fan flag, this one perfect for that Man Cave. These sport's nation type flags are commonly seen across sports and in a variety of designs.
Pete Loeser, 12 April 2019
images from Pete Loeser, 27 May 2019
For those baseball fans who own boats and want to display their team loyalty afloat, these flags are available for them. The flags take the form of either a broad pennant or a square boat flag with either a cap or team logo near the hoist. Each uses the individual team's colors in their designs.
Note: Because of the small size of these nautical broad pennants. usually about a foot tall (approximately 30.48 centimeters), they have also gained popularity as "golf cart" flags. It should also be noted that a broad pennant, or any other flag shape, is only called a "burgee" if it designates an organized boating club.
Pete Loeser, 17 May 2019