Should The Red Sox Claim The 1904 World Series? One Expert Thinks So

In 1904, the Red Sox missed out on winning a World Series not because they lost, but because they won. WBZ's Kyle Bray explains.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nineteen oh four and the Red Sox just won
the American League pennant on the last day of the
season after a pitcher for the Yankees threw a wild
pitch to lose the game. That meant the Socks, or
as they were known then the Americans, had a chance
to defend their nineteen oh three World Series title. Right. Nope.
See the owner of the National League champ New York Giants,
John McGraw, was not happy the American League had another

(00:21):
team in New York, so he had refused to play
them if they won, and when Boston won, he didn't budge.
He didn't want to lose to a team from what
he felt was an inferior league. It's because of this
that Sports Museum curator Richard Johnson says Boston should be
considered World Series champs in nineteen oh four.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
They were the defending first World Series champions. They were
there ready to play, and John McGraw denied them the
chance to play games that. You know, I think they
probably would have been the favorites to win.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Let's make that banner red from title town. Kyle Bray WBZ,
Boston's news radio