2007 American League East Champs:
American League Wild Card:
Boston's old timey Bug Eyed Sock Monster is one of my favorite logos of all time. Why they changed the symbol of their franchise to a couple of dirty old socks I'll never know. The Yankees didn't win the division for the first time since Ron Blomberg was an active player. They are represented by the logo from Tony Kubek's 1960 Topps card with the lovely pink and baby blue tones so they can truly feel the shame. The Red Sox, who have spent about 18 trillion dollars just to finally win this crown, get an added bonus in honor of their hard earned achievement: the bug eyed sock monster from the '52 Topps set, presumably drawn by Sy Berger's 3 year old nephew.
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It actually took a moment realize it was a SOCK in the picture from the card... I thought I was looking at a Trojan ad....
Socks in the 50's had a reservoir tip, perhaps? Makes you wonder about that extra tight gold band up at the top. And I already admitted that this was one of my favorite logos. As Brian from Family Guy would say "The evidence is piling up"...
That logo is from Tom Brewer's 1955 Topps card if anyone's interested.
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