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...drawn near-capacity crowds to Fenway throughout the 1975 season, but never such an elegant one as this. During the tense pennant drive, faithful, supportive crowds had come to cheer, fans who cared but didn't take themselves too seriously, good-natured, relaxed rooters. Beer-drinking bleacher sitters; dope-smoking ex-Mets fans; Cub Scout packs from Nashua, New Hampshire; families up from Providence in overloaded Country Squires. A fair mixture of ages and ethnicities had come to Fenway during the summer...
...ballpark early (10 a.m.), before the gates were even open. Between the Kenmore subway stop and the bleacher gates, Sam, a friend of mine who had come all the way from South Carolina to watch the game, had already bought two Red Sox hats, a pennant, a bumper sticker, a coke and a Fenway frank. He was also appropriately dressed in a Bosox red sweater and navy blue pants. He did withstand the temptation to get the other items being sold, which ranged from buttons with a picture of the gold dust twins (Lynn and Rice) to a World Series...
Dave Solomon, a Quincy House senior, and a veteran fan of 13 Sox seasons was graced with Series tickets through a friend who was "stuck" with an extra, Solomon reflected on his experience as a bleacher bum, "Fenway Park is a tough field to learn. You've got to know the ins and outs of the different concession stands. With the Green Monster out there you might make one misguided move to get something to eat and blow the whole game right there...
...carefully allowing each artist a chance to display his own material. Packed tightly together in front of the stage, teen-agers too young to have been concertgoers in 1970 sway in a mass and sing every word of Carry On. Older C. S. N. & Y. fans occupy stadium bleacher seats, many with small children...
Gulden's Mustard, 'Gansett, Frank Sargent tossing the first ball out on the field, the Buck Printing sign, John Kiley playing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch, Juan Beniquez, the Green Monster, Captain Carl, the Jimmy Fund, the bleacher bums... all delayed...