Editing Boston Red Sox (section)

===1960s: Yaz and the Impossible Dream===
{{Main|The Impossible Dream (1967)}}
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The 1960s also started poorly for the Red Sox, though 1961 saw the debut of [[Carl Yastrzemski|Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski]], Williams' replacement in left field, who developed into one of the better hitters of a pitching-rich decade.

Red Sox fans know 1967 as the [[1967 Boston Red Sox season|season]] of the "Impossible Dream". The slogan refers to the hit song from the popular [[Musical theatre|musical play]] "[[Man of La Mancha]]". 1967 saw one of the great pennant races in [[History of baseball|baseball history]] with four teams in the AL pennant race until almost the last game. The BoSox had finished the 1966 [[1966 Major League Baseball season|season]] in ninth place, but they found new life with Yastrzemski as the team won the pennant to reach the [[1967 World Series]].  Yastrzemski won the American League Triple Crown (the most recent player to accomplish such a feat until Miguel Cabrera did so in 2012), hitting .326 with 44 [[home run]]s and 121 [[runs batted in]]. He was named the league's Most Valuable Player, just one vote shy of a unanimous selection as a Minnesota sportswriter placed Twins center fielder [[César Tovar]] first on his ballot.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Yastrzemski Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/yastrca01.shtml |access-date=February 17, 2008 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> But the Red Sox lost the series to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in seven games. Cardinals pitcher [[Bob Gibson]] stymied the Red Sox, winning three games.

[[File:Red_Sox_Bullpen_Cart_(7224550882).jpg|right|thumb|The [[bullpen car]] used by the Red Sox]]
An 18-year-old Bostonian rookie named [[Tony Conigliaro]] slugged 24 home runs in 1964. "Tony C" became the youngest player in Major League Baseball to hit his 100th home run, a record that stands today. He was struck just above the left [[Zygomatic bone|cheek bone]] by a fastball thrown by [[Jack Hamilton (baseball)|Jack Hamilton]] of the [[1967 California Angels season|California Angels]] on Friday, August 18, 1967, and sat out the entire next season with headaches and blurred vision. Although he did have a productive season in 1970, he was never the same.