April 9, 2008 Early years of the Boston Red Sox Play video

(NECN) - Baseball season is officially underway for Boston fans after Tuesday's dramatic home opener that included all four of the major sport's trophies, the World Series ring ceremony, an emotional return for Bill Buckner and a Red Sox win to top it all off.

It is hard to believe that the Red Sox franchise is over a century old and that the game of baseball itself is even older. Here to talk a bit about the early days of America's past time is Ken Gloss, owner of Boston's Brattle Book shop. Ken shows off some amazing artifacts from some of the first years the game was played.