Separate Red Sox Facts from Fiction Johnny Pesky never hit a ball off the foul pole named for him. Bill Mueller--not Dave Roberts--was the key to Boston"s ninth-inning rally against the Yankees in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. Bill Buckner is hardly to blame for Boston"s Game 6 loss in the 1986 World Series. And, yes, Ted Williams almost certainly did hit a ball off the head of someone sitting 37 rows deep in the right-field bleachers. Few baseball franchises boast the complex mixture of myths, legends, and lore that characterize the storied history of the Boston Red Sox. In Behind the Green Monster, veteran newspaperman Bill Ballou sets the stories straight and separates the unforgettable facts from colorful fiction.