Red Sox Trivia ?

1) Which member of the Red Sox organization is related to Cubs manager Lou Piniella?

2) Which current Red Sox's father is the Deputy Director of the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame?

3) Who was the manager for Pawtucket during their first year as the Red Sox's Triple-A affiliate?

4) During World War II, who was the sole Red Sox player to see combat duty in the Battle of the Bulge?

5) Who was the only player in Red Sox history to have an ownership stake in the team during his playing days?

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1) Hitting Coach Dave Magadan is Lou's cousin.

2) Jonathan Papelbon, whose Dad, John, lives in Jacksonville and commutes to Tropicana Field, where the Hall relocated to in 2006.

3) Pawtucket became Boston's Triple-A affiliate in 1973, when future Boston Red Sox skipper Darrell Johnson guided them to the International League championship with a 3-2 series win over future Red Sox manager Joe Morgan's Charleston Charlies.

4) Earl Johnson, who earned the Bronze Star, a Bronze Star with clusters, and the Silver Star during his tour of duty.

5) Jake Stahl, who on November 10, 1911 became a player-manager-part owner under a two-year deal that reportedly give him a 5% ownership stake in the Red Sox. At the time, the Red Sox were owned by a syndicate led by James McAleer, who began to fear that Stahl would mount a coup, and thus Stahl was forced to resign midway through the 1913 season. Shortly thereafter he officially retired to become a banker in Chicago.