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Red Sox to Retire Johnny Pesky's No. 6

Red Sox lifer Johnny Pesky will have his number retired Friday night in a ceremony at Fenway Park. Pesky, who will turn 89 on Saturday, has spent most of his life working for the franchise, and he's more than deserving of the honor. But that's not why this is interesting.From the Boston Globe's Extra Bases blog:[Larry]...

Johnny Pesky Will Have to Find a Seat With the Rest of Us

If you played Little League, you've likely dealt with Creepy Old Baseball Guy. He's the guy that has no tangible tie to the team but still shows up to every practice and game, sits in the dugout chawing, yelling at 12 year-olds and occasionally recording game stats. You assume he's someone's grandpa or uncle or something...

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Fenway Park Welcomes Red Sox Old-Timers On 100th Birthday (PHOTOS)

For one more afternoon, Yaz had the Fenway fans cheering, Pedro had them celebrating and Johnny Pesky brought tears to their eyes.

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04/22/12 Red Sox Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky Lead Fenway Park's... Source: Bleacher Report In the end, I couldn't help but wonder what Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr must have been thinking.
04/21/12 Old-timers fete oldest of ballparks on 100th b-day Source: The Daily Tribune - Mount Pleasant TX For one more afternoon, Yaz had the Fenway fans cheering, Pedro had them celebrating and Johnny Pesky brought tears to their eyes.
04/21/12 Old-timers celebrate oldest of ballparks Source: SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford MA For one more afternoon, Yaz had the Fenway fans cheering, Pedro had them celebrating and Johnny Pesky brought tears to their eyes.
04/21/12 Pedro reminds Yankees not to forget 2004 Source: New York Daily News - New York NY The Red Sox had 10 hits in the listless 6-2 loss to the Yankees Friday that followed their star-studded celebration of Fenway Park's 100th anniversary, but former ace Pedro Martinez landed Boston's best knock of the day on the Bombers.
04/20/12 Fenway celebrates its first 100 years Source: Eating My Words A century-old Fenway celebrated its mostly glorious past today with a stirring and tone-perfect pre-game ceremony that featured a huge cast of former and even current uniformed personnel walking around the emerald confines.

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John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich September 27, 1919), nicknamed "The Needle," is a retired American professional baseball player, manager and coach.

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