Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rico Petrocelli drove in three runs, Carl Yastrzemski smashed two home runs, and the Impossible Dream, Volume II, rolled through Detroit yesterday as the Red Sox downed the Tigers 7-3 in the season opener...
After sweeping past the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern semi-finals, the Celtics crushed the defending champion 76ers, 127-118, last Friday night in the opening game of the best-of-seven series...
...same Celtic trio spurred the Boston comeback in the Detroit series when the squad bounced back from a 2-1 deficit to three straight wins...
Symbolic of Boston woes is the starting pitcher in the season's opener against Detroit later this week. Not Lonnie, not Stinger Stange, not Gary Bell, not anyone who played for the 1967 dream team. Dick Ellsworth will defend the flag; he's a National League refugee with a well-earned reputation for ineffectiveness...
...DETROIT--This could be the sleeper team. Blessed with a tremendous starting rotation--Wilson, Lolich, Sparma and McLain, the Tigers need some clutch hitting. Their established stars--Kaline, Freehan, Horton, Cash--must stay healthy...