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...piping screams and whistles of the Fenway fans brought Bobby's consciousness back, but he couldn't figure out what the hell he was doing with a rosin bag in his hand. Don Zimmer was walking out of the dugout towards him, and Carlton Fisk trotted up to the mound...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

DIED. William Fisk Harrah, 66, founder of two of Nevada's largest casinos, who built a fortune by stressing that nothing in the management of gambling be left to chance; after an operation for an aortal aneurysm; in Rochester, Minn. Harrah got his start in the 1930s by buying his father's failing bingo parlor in Venice, Calif., for $500; ever after, he catered to the small-time player. At both his Reno and Lake Tahoe gaming resorts, Harrah used computers to track daily profits and detect betting-table swindles. He also hired guards to watch for cheaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 17, 1978 | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...made it 2-0 in the second when Martinez gave up his second and third hits of only seven on the day. Carlton Fisk, who would probably be the hottest hitter in the American League if it weren't for Rick Burleson, blooped a single to center field and came home on Fred Lynn's double to left center...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Sox Sweep Orioles With 4-1 Brush-off | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Carolyn Bell, winner of the women's under 115-lbs, division, attributed her success to strength developed playing tennis. Sarah Fisk, who repeated as the women's heavyweight champion, says her strength comes from milking cows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wristwrestling Draws Crowd | 3/17/1978 | See Source »

...talking about people who can chop wood like Carlton Fisk, the kind who've been mercilessly overrunning the streets, trampling the poor wasted troopers on their way to Harvard Pizza with their cross-country skis. I'm talking about the guys whose last game of anything was an emotional outburst of drunken nerf football between halves of the Super Bowl; whose last emergency was having to miss their scheduled beer runs during the second and third periods of Monday's Beanpot opener in order to watch John Hynes do his sprawling, miraculous Eddie Giacomin saves in the face of repeated...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Winter Sports | 2/11/1978 | See Source »

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