Word: fenways
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Graffiti item in Fenway rest room: "Tired of waiting, gone to find Godot...
...stranded on third for many years now. But no matter where you come from, it's impossible to dislike a team which fields Yaz, Perez, Lynn, Fisk, the incomparable Jim Rice, Rick Burleson, Butch Hobson, Jerry Remy and rifle-armed Dewey Evans, currently mired in a batting slump. And Fenway Park has a life of its own--like the hotel in Stanley Kubrick's latest flick, it "shines." Small enough to afford a good view of the action from any seat in the house. Fenway has a communal quality all too uncommon in these days of prefab stadia. One caveat...
...only reason I make this embarrassing comparison between Yankee Heaven (a very big place, indeed) and Fenway (a cute little pasture well suited for cute also-rans) is that I am tired of apologizing for the descendents of the Great Ones. Immortals they are not, but Jackson and Guidry and Nettles and John will certainly avenge last year's aberration. And I am not ashamed of my faith, even here among the Philistines...
...will never win another World Series, ever. It would spoil the cathartic effect of a Boston season. Sox fans are able to face the unpleasantires of the New England winter only after being reassured that no one can fall as far or as hard as the unhappy clowns of Fenway have every year since...
...afternoon's biggest cheer came moments later, when Fred Lynn launched his first home run of the year over the centerfield wall, giving Boston a 3-1 lead and Fenway fans their first (of many, to be sure) roundtripper of the short campaign...