Word: parking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hosted the first two games of the series at our home field, probably the best pitcher's park on Mosholu. It was a grass field, which the Parks Department used to mow every other week. The fence was far away, especially center field, also know as "Death Valley...
...slated to start the third game of the series. Matt and Kevin's park was completely different, a whiffle ball's Fenway. The infield was the asphalt of the street and the home run wall was the second-floor fire escape on Matt's building...
...meeting at one of those places that caters to the new "power breakfast" crowd. Several businessmen, just off the 6 a.m. shuttle, gather around a table. Before they get started, one man says, "could you believe the game last night. That Winfield homer was about a mile outside the park." The other men look up from their coffee, the edge of caffeine and sports giving an automatic adrenelin rush. An hour later they leave the restaurant, the deal unclosed, but secure in the knowledge that the Yankees have tied up the pennant...
...process of indoctrination is gradual. Boys start out under their fathers' tutelage, going to the ball-park on Bat Day and Hat Day. They play Little League and start collecting baseball cards. And they start reading the sports pages...
...victory improved Hurst's record in his home field to a surprising 21-7 since 1986. Fenway Park is considered particularly hostile to lefthanded pitchers because of the close leftfield fence, but Hurst seems to have tamed the Green Monster...