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Bucky Dent, the starting shortstop whose play has tested the loyalty of many a Yankee fan, coupled his bat with less-than-graceful Lou Piniella's glove to form one mammoth unsung hero for New York. Dent's three-run homer in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead silenced a too-cocky-for-such-a-close-game Fenway crowd, while Piniella's defensive efforts in Glaucoma Country (sundrenched right field) enabled the lead to hold...
Yastrzemski chose to swing at the Goose's second offering, a tailing, low inside fastball, and the result was a fluffernut popup that fell easily in Graig Nettles' glove for the final...
...Boomer's glove--not his often erratic bat--gave Boston that win. With runners at second and third, one out, and Rusty Staub at the plate, the Sox had their fourth pitcher of the night, lefty Andy Hassler, attempting to put away...
...batting glove as a bookmark...
When you look for all these things, though, you'll probably be looking at them from over the airwaves, because spacious Fenway Park (the only American League park that doubles as a glove compartment in the off-season) is sure to be sold out. Saturday's and Sunday's games--both afternoon affairs--will come to you courtesy of Dick Stockton, Hawk Harrelson and the rest of the T.V. 38 crew, but the night games tonight and Monday are blacked out. Of course, you could get there early and gamble for bleacher seats, but only if you remember to bring...