Word: carltons
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...already early morning, and a bright full moon was suspended above the center-field flagpole against the black sky, when Carlton Fisk dug in at home to lead off the bottom of the twelfth. When Fisk stroked the ball high toward the Green Monster, the hearts of Red Sox fans from Concord, New Hampshire, to Pawtucket, RhodeIsland, skipped a beat. Was it fair or foul? Ancient Fenway was generous this time: the ball caromed off the foul pole and into fair territory for a home...
...give him his due, however, he seems to recognize his intellectual shortcomings, and has been heard to complain that his early education was sadly neglected. Still, despite the neglect and his mother's obvious harshness, George and Charlotte dutifully visited the old lady at her residence in Carlton House three times a week until her death...
...second-inning Red Sox rally started when Ellis hit lead off batter Carlton Fisk. Ellis then walked Dwight Evans and gave up a single to Rico Petrocelli which drove in Fisk...
Last week New York Yankee Lou Piniella slid into Boston Red Sox Catcher Carlton Fisk with enough force to trigger a wild on-field brawl-and bloody fights in the stands. One result: Pitcher Bill Lee was so severely hurt that he may be out for the rest of the season. At an Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game, a controversial first-base call brought the entire Braves bench storming onto the field. The men in blue were forced to leave the stadium with other men in blue-a police escort. In perhaps the ugliest confrontation of this strange young season...
...Yankees are built on speed, and run they did on Carlton Fisk's suddenly questionable arm. Leading the way was highly-accoladed rookie second baseman Willie Randolph, who already looks like Joe Morgan and has the same sense of control and presence on the field...