Bernard Georges "Ben" Mondor was a Canadian-born American business executive and baseball executive, best known as the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977 until his death.
Statue of Mondor outside of McCoy Stadium
The Pawtucket Red Sox, known colloquially as the PawSox, were a professional minor league baseball club based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1973 to 2020, the team was a member of the International League and served as the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. They played their home games at McCoy Stadium, and won four league championships, their last in 2014. Following the 2020 season, the franchise moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, to become the Worcester Red Sox.
Female mascot, Sox. The male mascot is Paws.
Aerial view of the abandoned McCoy Stadium in 2023
Jim Rice is an inductee of the International League Hall of Fame, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and the PawSox Hall of Fame.
Roger Clemens