The art on this 1938 Vintage Boston Red Sox Sweatshirt has been custom produced by Vintage Brand. The Boston Red Sox compete as a Major League Baseball team in the American League East division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, circa 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings". The team has won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team. The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, dubbed the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004. They became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century, with championships in 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2018.