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...power, lean-muscled, quick-wristed power, that stirs excitement when Jim Rice comes to the plate. In Fenway Park, where the fans have a connoisseur's appreciation of the slugger's art, the cheers begin when he strides to the on-deck circle. Rice has sparked Boston to its best start since 1946, when Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio returned from World War II to win the first Red Sox pennant in almost three decades. Says one Sox fan: "They can be down six runs in the ninth inning, but if Rice still has a chance to bat, nobody leaves...
...born star. From the third week of the season until he broke his finger at season's end, Rice was Boston's starting leftfielder. He batted .309 with 22 home runs and 102 RBIS and fielded without an error in 144 games protecting Fenway's famous wall. But 1975 was also the year the centerfielder Fred Lynn became the first rookie MVP in baseball history, hitting .331 with 105 RBIS. Jim Rice's remarkable season had been eclipsed. It finished with a severe hand injury. The also-ran watched the play-offs and World Series from the dugout...
...Bosox are playing tonight, tomorrow and so on. Tonight at 7:30 the Minnesota Twins will be in town. Tomorrow night at the same time the Chicago White Sox will be in Fenway and will be staying on through the weekend. The Saturday and Sunday games will begin...
Quote of the trip: Mike Stenhouse, on seeing the right field fence at Penn, 40-ft. high, 303-ft away from home plate: "It's like looking at Fenway Park in a mirror...
...demonstrators also displayed signs at the Cadillac agency located at the intersection and hired an airplane to fly over Boston carrying a banner reading "Drive Politely--A Little Courtesy Won't Kill You." The plane flew over Harvard and Fenway Park during the afternoon...