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...last major league appearance in 1959, Ted Williams drilled a line drive into the right-field bullpen for a home run, capping one of the greatest careers either the park or the game had ever seen. The crowd erupted in hysteria; but, then, this was mad, sensuous Fenway...
...symphony began in the first inning, when Fred Lynn smashed a three-run homer over the right-field bullpen, just past the spot where Williams had hit his final blast. The Reds hit a few forte notes themselves, though, and by the seventh inning they held a 6-3 lead to go with their 3-2 lead in the Series...
Unfortunately, my third customer that night cheated me by insisting that the one-dollar bill he gave me was a fin. I surrendered the $4.65 without complaint. Undaunted, I departed the right-field bleachers and headed for the more competitive areas, the expensive first and third baseline seats...
Detroit's highly-touted Denny McLain finally won a game, but the Tigers' batters stole most of McLain's thunder. It was Northup's 380-foot blast into the right-field stands off reliever Larry Jaster which burst the game open in the third...
Halas organized the N.F.L. in 1920, after a hip injury and a .091 batting average freed him from playing right-field for the New York Yankees (his replacement was named Babe Ruth) and allowed him to concentrate on his first love, football. Last week the aftereffects of that same injury finally ended one of the most flamboyant careers in U.S. sport. Complaining that the arthritis in his hip "has progressed to the point where I simply cannot move about quickly enough on the sidelines," the most successful head coach in pro football retired and turned the job over...