Word: sox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought the Red Sox and the Yankees had a rivalry...
Boston Outfielder Jim Rice wanted to think it over, but his wife Corine kept telling him "Sign now!" Which is how Rice, 25, became the highest-paid player in Red Sox history. Under the terms of a new contract announced last week, he will get more than $5 million over the next seven years, making him second in earnings in major league history only to Third Baseman Pete Rose, who just signed a four-year, $3.5 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. "I probably could have got more," said the American League's MVP for 1978, "but I think...
...BostonRed Sox, in an austerity move, trade sluggers Carlton Fisk. Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans, along with their entire starting pitching staff, to the Montreal Expos for utility infielder Coco LaBoy and an organist to be named later. Managing general partner Haywood Sullivan denies that the players were traded because of any personality disputes. Gov. Edward J. King retaliates by sending in 2500 storm troopers to "desensitize" the area around Fenway Park, and raises the drinking age in the area to 57. "The people have spoken, and they're ripshit," King says...
This year the Yankees were at it again, buying up Red Sox Pitcher Luis Tiant and Dodger Pitcher Tommy John. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn notes that five teams have signed 53% of the free agents and warns that "inevitably this process will develop a group of elite teams." Actually, a few elite teams have long dominated the game. Still, the haves as well as the have-nots are worried about where free-agentry is leading baseball. Says Yankees President Al Rosen: "We're on a tragic course. Salaries have got out of hand. The system has got to change...
John Cheever, author (Falconer, The Stories of John Cheever), speaking in Boston: "All literary men are Red Sox fans. To be a Yankee fan in literary society is to endanger your life...