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...straight away center, the packed Park shouting "Loo-ee, Loo-ee." Next slide, Freddie Lynn's arching home run finding its way to the Sox bullpen, click, the ugly scene of Lynn's body sprawled at the base of the 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...
When we got inside Fenway, Ron and I found that our seats on row 50 were just four rows down from the scoreboard in right field, while Sam and his little brother sat a couple of rows down from us. The Sox were just finishing batting practice when we got there. Whenever someone like Yaz or Fred Lynn would finish hitting, a horde of reporters would descend on him for the latest quote...
...Reds left no doubt what they were most concerned with when they had their turn in the field. As batters stroked shot after shot either off the Green Monster or into the screen that tops it, outfielders tossed baseballs against the wall and scoreboard to see how the ball bounced off it. Johnny Bench cockily strode into the batting cage and sent four pitches in a row over the fence, three of them over the screen. Tony Perez next stepped in and put one out of the park and then Bench came back to smash two more into Landsdowne Street...
Princeton's defense held Cornell (0-1) to less than 200 yards for the game. The Big Red failed to put any points on the scoreboard until the third quarter, when Bob Hall blocked a punt out of the end zone for a safety...
Wise's opponent was Gary Nolan, and after three innings, there were nothing but zeroes on the scoreboard. With Joe Morgan batting in the top of the fourth, the game had to be stopped because some unruly fans were descending from the aisles onto the Reds' dugout. They apparently misunderstood the meaning of standing room only tickets...