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Ryan, catcher on Boston's 'Impossible Dream' team, dies

| July 10, 2020 6:27 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Mike Ryan, the backup catcher on the Boston Red Sox's 1967 “Impossible Dream” team during a 35-year career in professional baseball, has died. He was 78.

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