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...long Ken Griffey fly, at least three Red Sox feats outdid Hollywood. There were Pinch Hitter Bernie Carbo's eighth-inning, three-run homer that tied the game; Rightfielder Dwight Evans' game-saving catch of a Joe Morgan drive in the eleventh; and, most Homeric, Catcher Carlton Fisk's game-winning home run in the twelfth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: What a Series! | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

...crisis came with none out and a man on first in the bottom of the tenth inning; the score was tied 5-5. That was the moment when Reds Pinch Hitter Ed Armbrister bunted, hesitated as he started toward first, and then collided with Red Sox Catcher Carlton Fisk just as Fisk was trying to field the ball. Fisk pushed Armbrister aside, then threw the ball over second base into centerfield. Was his error caused by interference? If so, Armbrister was out and the runner would return to first. If not, the Reds had two men on base and nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Classic in Red | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

Umpire Barnett ruled no interference. The play, he insisted, was an innocent collision. A few UP1 moments later, Joe Morgan singled in the winning run. The Red Sox were furious. Fumed Fisk: "It's a gawddamn shame to lose a gawddamn game because of that gawddamn call. I'm an infielder fielding the ball and he stands right in my way. If that's not interference, I'll ..." Indeed, the rulebook seems to support Boston's beef; section 7.09 (1) says unequivocally that a batter or runner should be called out automatically if "he fails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Classic in Red | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...crowd chanted, but Luis Tiant was not there--nor was Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Denny Doyle, Bernie Carbo or Rico Petrocelli. Their off-season had already begun...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: It's Sweetness and Light For Sox at City Hall Fete | 10/24/1975 | See Source »

...Monster, a dissolve and a fade-in with the scoreboard Reds 6 Sox 3. Click, the Carbo miracle settling into the center field seats, click, Doyle out at the plate, the victory postponed, Morgan robbed by the golden glove of Evans, and finally the dancing, prancing Carlton Fisk waving his twelfth inning shot into fair territory...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Rags to Riches | 10/24/1975 | See Source »

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