TONIGHT at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox will set a remarkable record - 500 consecutive sold-out games. Only three other professional teams in sports history have achieved more, and they were all NBA teams who play shorter seasons in smaller venues. So it is time to give credit where credit is due, particularly when it wasn't so long ago that a lot of people in this town were upset that the Red Sox were being sold to "out-of-towners.'' ...
--Excellent column by former MA Governor and Democratic nominee for President Michael S. Dukakis on the Red Sox, Fenway, and this milestone continues...