Word: redness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rookie Walt Weiss, the ninth-place hitter in a lineup of sluggers, singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning last night and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, for a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League playoffs...
...while Oakland's Bash Brothers brought the Athletics back against Roger Clemens, it was the bottom part of the order that won it. Ron Hassey singled with one out against Red Sox relief ace Lee Smith and took third on Tony Phillips' two-out single. That brought up Weiss, a .389 hitter against Boston this year, and he escaped an 0-2 hole against the fast-balling Smith and lined a single just in front of diving center fielder Ellis Burks...
Hockey: Yes, it is a little early to talk about hockey, but not when you talk about Cornell hocky fans. More than 200 fans showed up before midnight to stand in line for season tickets to the Big Red games starting in November...
...That's not a good way to have to beat the Red Sox. But that's how we had to do it today," Oakland manager Tony La Russa said. "I hope that's the last time in this series we have to go through that...
...later, I'm confronted by a grown man dressed in tattered jeans, red basketball shoes and an untucked "See Jane Swim" t-shirt, who says he's "in charge" of this conference...