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At a spring training send-off and fish-fry in Alabama at the start of the 1932 season, Red Sox' pitcher Big Ed Morris was fatally stabbed. It didn't get much better from there.
Manager Shano Collins quit in June of the 1932 campaign after an 11-44 start. After making second baseman Marty McManus the new manager, the team managed just 43 wins and ended with 111 losses for the worst season in team history. The Sox finished in last place in front of an average crowd of just 2,365 fans.
In attempt to even out the game, Sporting News editor J.G. Taylor Spink suggested that New York turn some star players over to Boston to spark the team. Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert replied, "There's no charity in baseball."
Fenway again held plenty of non-baseball events, including a wrestling event that would have done the WWE proud. After a referee was knocked out, George Myerson lay unconscious but won the fight thanks to an illegal stranglehold.
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