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Benevolent and Loyal Order of Honorable Ancient Red Sox Die Hard Sufferers of New York since 1965

In the bar car of a Connecticut-bound New Haven Railroad train following a Yankee-Red Sox confrontation, Jim Powers breaks into song: "Who's better than his brother Joe? Dominic DiMaggio...", thereby attracting the attention of like-minded Sox fan Henry Berry. The two become friends and fellow pillars of the BLOHARDs. Red Sox miraculously win the pennant.

The BLOHARDS (Benevolent Loyal Order of Honorable Ancient Redsox Diehard Sufferers) are a New York City based group which supports the Boston Red Sox baseball team. The organization was formed in 1964 following a chance meeting on a New Haven Rail Road bar car between Henry Berry and Jim Powers, both native New Englanders living in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Berry died in 1996 and Powers in 2005, but the organization carries on. At present its activities include twice-yearly lunches at Manhattan's Yale Club when the Red Sox come to town to play the Yankees, a bus trip to Fenway park for each season's home opener, and occasional "viewing parties" of away games at local watering holes.

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February 27, 2010 - 1:37 am

Opening Day Bus Trip

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bigdaddyb420

I wanted to get some chatter started about the bus trip. I just signed my dad up for a lifetime membership, he will be coming with me. I live in Brewster NY about an hour from Westport, we'll be coming over from here on Sunday. I'm excited because it's a surprise birthday gift and it will actually be my Dad's first game at Fenway. I get my baseball from my mother.

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