BLOHARDS
Supporters of the Boston Red Sox baseball team
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The BLOHARDS (Benevolent Loyal Order of Honorable Ancient Redsox Diehard Sufferers) are a New York City-based group that supports the Boston Red Sox baseball team.[1]
History
The BLOHARDS were founded around 1965 by Jim Powers of Weston, Connecticut when about dozen New York City-based Red Sox fans got together to drink and discuss the Red Sox.[2] Author Henry Berry served as senior vice president.[3] The group pulls most of its members from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.[4]
Members of the group meet regularly, and when the Red Sox play the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, the group organizes bus trips for members to attend games.[5][6] Beginning in 1968, the BLOHARDS have traveled to Boston for Opening Day at Fenway Park.[2]
By 1986, there were about 300 members, including then-National League president and future Commissioner of Baseball Bart Giamatti.[7]