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1973 Bristol Red Sox baseball program from the Eastern League

Bristol Red Sox

Bristol, Connecticut hosted the Class AA farm club of the Boston Red Sox in the Eastern League for ten seasons from 1973 to 1982. It was a Golden Age for the Red Sox farm system and a parade of future Major League stars came through ancient Muzzy Field on their way to Fenway Park, including eventual Hall-of-Famers Jim Rice (1973) and Wade Boggs (1978 and 1979). The team moved to New Britain, Connecticut ahead of the 1983 season.

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