Grover is a fan of the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs.
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. Among former members of the team are Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Tim McCarver.
In 2005, Sababa Toys produced Animal and Kermit plush wearing Red Sox shirts.
Big Bird appeared with manager Alex Cora, along with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, in an online video released in June 2019.
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- Prairie Dawn points out her baseball mitt has Ted Williams' autograph on it in a 1971 Sesame Street sketch.
- In a Sesame Street insert (First: Episode 1208), a group of city residents try striking up conversations with a group of monsters they recently discover to be nice. One Anything Muppet asks the monsters if they like the Yankees. One monster replies "Red Sox."
- Oscar appears to have a conversation over the phone about baseball teams in Episode 1614 of Sesame Street; specifically the Yuckees vs. the Boston Dirty Sox.
- Rowlf the Dog curses Carl Yastrzemski's age (he was 44 at the time and played his entire career with the Red Sox) when he hits a home run in the September 9, 1983 The Muppets comic strip.
- In the June 23, 1985 strip, Fozzie Bear reports on Jim Rice swinging a bat with such force that it shattered into pieces and traveled into the news room, hitting Fozzie in the head.
- Grover has a hat and pennant from the Boston Red Sox in his room, as seen in the Sesame Street storybook A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital.
- Abby Cadabby conjures up a red sock that plays baseball in Sesame Street Episode 4163.