Word: sox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...admittedly, not a die-hard Red Sox fan, but living in Boston for three years has sobered me up a little. This year, after trading away their lineup to the Brewers, the Sox look pretty lackluster. Sure they have Yaz, but with chest pains and all, land coming off his worst season eve. All right, they have Tommy Harper, Reggie Smith, Rico Petrocelli, and a couple of decent pitchers in roger Moret, Marty Pattin, Sonny Siebert, and Ray Culp (gasp). But where will that get them? I say, optimistically, third, but if they don't get early. It could...
There are some who say the Chicago White Sox are the coming team. They're coming all right, but, like Detroit, probable won't mature fast enough to catch the Athletics. Dick(I remember him as Richie) Allen has arrived in town after yet another trade. He should team his big bat and salary with Bill Melton, last year's American League home run king, to give the White Sox some uncharacteristic muscle offensively. The pitching, with Wilbur Wood, Stan Bahnsen and Tom Bradley, is strong...
...Kansas City Royals may be the best expansion team in baseball, and should give the Sox a run for second place. An exciting hit-and-run style team, the royals are led by pint-sexed shortstop Freddy Patek, both a defensive and baserunning wizard, and genuine superstar Amis Otis (Why the Mets traded him I'll never know), Dick Drago and Mike Hedlund, two pitchers I have never heard of, lead a supposely sound mound staff. The Royals may surprise a few people...
...Boston Red Sox come off of the picket line and back to the country club today, opening the belated American league season against the Tigers this, afternoon in Detroit...
...ready as we possibly could be under the circumstances." Kasko said after the workout and an intra-aquad game. The circumstances, astute baseball fans will recall, are Boston's lackadaisical fourth place finish in last year's pennant race and this spring's strike which, in traditional Red Sox fashion, asked for more money...