Word: fisk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cesar Geronimo led off the tenth inning with a single. He was followed by bunting specialist Ed Armbrister who was pinch hitting for Cincy pitcher Rawly Eastwick. Armbrister laid down a bunt in front of home plate, but when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to make a throw to second to get Geronimo, he ran into Armbrister. As a result, Fisk's throw went over shortstop Rick Burleson's head and into centerfield. A heated argument between Sox manager Darrell Johnson and home plate umpire Barnett ensued, but the appeal did not succeed...
Marvin says whites think, "'If you're black and you're going to Harvard, you must really be good, and since we have to fill our affirmative action quota, we'll take you.' They'd rather have a black from Harvard or Yale than from Howard or Fisk...
...lady who has had season tickets in section 18 ("just behind where Fisk caught the foul ball in the stands in game one,") for eight years (I've been going to the games for ten") calls the Red Sox to beat Cincinnatti...
When the Reds split the opening games in Boston, we all knew that they would return to Cincinnati and sweep the Sox in three games, right. Wrong. First it was Rick Wise limiting the Reds to two runs in game three. "He really was hitting that outside corner," Carlton Fisk said afterwards. The Sox take a 2-1 lead...
...been beaten by Fingers three times during the regular season, retaliated in the sixth. With one out, Yaz doubled halfway up the wall in left field. Fingers worked the count to 3-1 on Fisk before the sturdy Red Sox cleanup man drilled his single to center, sending Yastrzemski home with the tie-breaking...