Word: sox
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Boston Red Sox broke out of their 2-10 slump by blasting the Chicago White Sox out of Fenway Park last night, 9-2, behind the pitching of Dennis Eckersley...
This week's biggest surprise in baseball is the continuing skid of the Red Sox, who have now lost ten of their last 12 games, and most of their lead over the Brewers and Yankees in the AL East race. Actually, the slump, albeit of nearly epic proportions, isn't such a surprise. The baseball season is incredibly long, and only the most ardent Boston fan could possibly claim that the averages would never catch up with his precious Sox...
...averages have caught up, in a big way. When the Sox score only two runs in three games at Fenway and manage only one hit off the Wall in that span, they are in big trouble. Only some magnificent pitching and the Brewers' seeming reluctance to pick up games has kept the Sox out in front...
...them last weekend, at Fenway today, tormorrow and for a doubleheader on Sunday, but you'd better stick to the tube, 'cause this series has been sold out for quite a while. There should be some seats left for the two-game stint against the rapidly faltering Chicago White Sox on Monday and Tuesday, because the way the Pale Hose have been playing lately they couldn't draw a full house if Wilbur Wood promised to arrive on the mound in a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. Of course, given the level of bloodlust in Boston lately, there...
...last game of the season for the booters, and a lot should be on the line--a favored spot for the playoffs, Mike Flanigan's chances of edging New York Cosmo Giorgio Chinaglia for the league scoring crown, and lots of pride. But we suspect the Yankee-Red Sox clash on the tube might draw a bit more attention, even with all those commercials...