Word: sox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sox made it 2-0 in the second when Martinez gave up his second and third hits of only seven on the day. Carlton Fisk, who would probably be the hottest hitter in the American League if it weren't for Rick Burleson, blooped a single to center field and came home on Fred Lynn's double to left center...
...Butch Hobson's catch of a foul ball for the first out in the ninth summed up the Red Sox' play during the homestand better than any rally or one-two-three inning. Hobson snagged the foul pop while simultaneously running down the steps of the Oriole dugout, and eventually wound up somewhere near the coldcut platter in the Baltimore clubhouse. When he finally came back on to the playing field the ovation was the last and loudest from the throng that seems amazed but not surprised at anything this club does nowadays...
...NOTEBOOK: Yesterday's crowd of over 31,000 put the Sox over the million mark for the earliest time in the club's history. There is talk that the Red Sox will draw 2.2 million this season, which is outrageous considering that Fenway Park couldn't hold a decent Billy Graham revival...
...Sox left last night for two games in Yankee Stadium and four games in Baltimore before returning to Fenway for another pair against the pinstripers next Monday and Tuesday. Dennis Eckersley (7-2) goes against ailing change-up artist Andy Messersmith (0-1) tonight on the Monday Night Game of the Week (8 p.m., Channel 5). Rookie Jim Wright (3-1 will face unbeatable-as-yet Ron Guidry (12-0) in the series finale...
While many Yankee fans are preparing to concede the division title to Boston before the leaves change color. Baltimore manager Earl Weaver looks at the Sox 50-21 record and probably thinks of 1974, when Boston had a 7 1/2-game lead on August 23, only to lose the title to the Birds in the last two weeks. Don't worry about a pennant race, boy and girls...