BOSTON STRONG -
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION
The Red Sox unveil a
Carl Yastrzemski  statue

September 23, 2013 ... No game scheduled. Carl Yastrzemski's statue was dedicated outside Gate B at Fenway Park yesterday morning. At long last, the top performer in pennant-race history is cast in bronze outside the hardball house where he made his magic.  Appropriately, Yaz will stand forever at the same junction, just a few feet from bronzed Teddy Ballgame. The new monument celebrating Yaz (sculpted by Toby Mendez) features a 44-year-old Yastrzemski tipping his helmet toward Fenway fans before his final career at-bat in 1983.

Mayor Thomas Menino and Sox owners Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino were among those who came out to honor Yaz Sunday. A barbershop quartet sang "The Impossible Dream" and Jess Cain's immortal cornball ditty "Carl Yastrzemski" was played over a loudspeaker. Sox favorites Tiant, Frank Malzone, Bill Monbouquette, Bob Stanley, and Bill Lee attended and Rice and Evans delivered brief remarks.