Word: sox
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fireballing Bob Gibson momentarily derailed the Cinderella Express yesterday at Fenway Park as he silenced the Boston Red Sox's bats, leading his St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 win in the opening game of the 1967 World Series...
Given all the support he needed by Lou Brock's record-tying four hit performance, Gibson, hero of the 1964 Series, fanned ten Sox during his masterful six hitter...
...Sox pennant victory was like the opening of a sluice gate. Suddenly, anyone who had ever had even the most remote contact with the team had something to say, and any newspaper that wanted to sell had to give him room...
...burly right-hander made only one mistake. In the third inning, after getting two quick strikes on his opposite number. Red Sox starter Jose Santiago, Gibson grooved a high fastball. Santiago drilled it into the left field screen, a narrow foot over the Green Monster...
Then, just at this hinging point, we--the crowd--responded for the first time in a way that brought us dignity and the right to talk of the Red Sox as "our" team--until our sharp fall from grace after the game. Harrelson was at bat, two men on, no outs. This was the weakest link in the rally, this hapless outfielder from the Kansas City A's who still carried that team's curse of failure. We knew that and took responsibility out of Harrelson's hands...