How Boston Red Sox Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the Boston Americans The franchise began play in the new American League
Won the first modern World Series Boston beat the Pirates in the inaugural Fall Classic
Fenway Park opened and won the World Series The Green Monster ballpark debuted with a championship over the Giants
Babe Ruth made his major-league debut The future legend broke in as a Boston pitcher
Won the World Series behind Babe Ruth Babe Ruth pitched Boston to a title that began a long drought
Sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees The transaction blamed for the Curse of the Bambino
Ted Williams made his debut The Splendid Splinter played his rookie season in the outfield
Ted Williams batted .406 The last player to top the .400 mark over a full season
Won the pennant Ted Williams led a run to the World Series in the first season after the war
Ted Williams homered in his final at-bat The Splendid Splinter's storybook farewell at Fenway
Carl Yastrzemski made his debut Ted Williams' successor in left field began his career
The 'Impossible Dream' pennant Yaz won the Triple Crown to lead a worst-to-first run
Carlton Fisk's Game 6 home run His waved-fair blast forced a seventh game against the Reds
Lost the one-game playoff to the Yankees Bucky Dent's homer over the Monster ended the season
Roger Clemens made his debut The Rocket broke into the rotation as a rookie
Won the pennant but lost on a Game 6 error A ground ball through Bill Buckner's legs cost a title against the Mets
Acquired Pedro Martinez The ace arrived in a trade from Montreal
Pedro Martinez's dominant Cy Young season The ace overpowered hitters on the way to the award
Signed Manny Ramirez The slugger joined as a free agent on a record contract
Signed David Ortiz Big Papi joined after being released by the Twins
Won the World Series, breaking the Curse Boston rallied from down 0-3 to the Yankees, then swept the Cardinals
Won the World Series again A second title in four years, this time a sweep of the Rockies
Won the 'Boston Strong' World Series The 'Boston Strong' championship was clinched at Fenway
David Ortiz retired Big Papi walked away after a farewell season
Won 108 games and the World Series A franchise-record regular season ended with a title over the Dodgers