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Happy Birthday Yaz! Carl Yastrzemski Turns 70

By ⋅ August 22, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Red Sox great and MLB Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski turns 70 on Saturday. Yaz spent all of his 23 big league seasons with the Red Sox, and is one of the few players in major league history with over 3,000 hits and over 400 home runs. Yaz battled some health problems in 2008 when he hospitalized [...]

Red Sox to Retire Jim Rice’s Number

By ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With a Hall of Fame induction coming this Sunday, Jim Rice will soon be embedded in Red Sox history by having his number retired. Rice’s No. 14 will be the seventh Red Sox number retired and eighth overall, following the league-wide retiring of Jackie Robinson’s No. 42. His number will be placed on the Fenway [...]

Carl Yastrzemski Released from Hospital

By ⋅ August 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Yaz surgery “a complete success” Carl Yastrzemski, who turned 69 last Friday, was released from the hospital one week after undergoing triple bypass heart surgery, a Red Sox team spokesman said Tuesday. According to the Globe’s Amalie Benjamin, Yaz “underwent a six-hour procedure last week to reroute the flow of blood around blockages in three [...]

Carl Yastrzemski Hospitalized with Chest Pains

By ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Yaz undergoes successful heart surgery Carl Yastrzemski underwent successful triple bypass heart surgery Tuesday night. His spokesman said the Hall-of-Famer is “resting comfortably” after the surgery, and the procedure was indeed “a success.” Yaz will turn 69 on Friday. A Red Sox legend and MLB Hall of Famer, Yastrzemski, 68, was hospitalized Tuesday with chest [...]

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