Word: drago
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...banners ranged from the traditional "Go Sox," to the cliched "Ya Gotta Believe," to the more bizarre, such as "Go Drago, Dick the Red!" and the seemingly Muhammed Ali-inspired message, "The Sox have it made, Cinci Can't Make the Grade, Like the A's They Will Fade...
Then in the seventh, Petrocelli, leading off, unloaded his home run, giving the Red Sox a two-run cushion. Boston added a run in the eighth on Fred Lynn's RBI single. Reliever Dick Drago, the third Boston pitcher, protected that edge the rest...
...Drago had come on in the seventh inning with a man on first and none out. He struck out pinch-hitter Billy Williams and then escaped the jam when Tommy Harper, running on a hit-and-run play, was doubled off first base as Bill North lined to Lynn in center field...
...eighth, Bando, who tatooed the short left-field wall all day, doubled for his fourth hit. But Drago squirmed out of the jam, striking out Jackson and getting Gene Tenace on a line drive to Yastrzemski...
...fourth inning. Smith laced a double to lead off and then stole third. He then raced home when Drago uncorked a wold pitch to up the margin...