Word: sox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there's Fenway park. It now seems that the state will no longer yet you buy beer there after the sixth inning, so you'd better hope the home town heroes at least avoid the extra-inning contests. Yes, the stands can get pretty rowdy at Fenway, but the Sox are amazingly hot (.700 at last look), and you would be hard put to find a better team to watch this summer. Unless, of course, you're from New York...
...Boston Red Sox continued to make Fenway Park Death Valley for any opposing team as they culminated the recent 11-2 homestand with a 4-1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles yesterday afternoon...
...wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Birds, who dropped into third place, 9 1/2 games in back of the Sox and a game behind the New York Yankees, who won 4-2 over the Tigers in Detroit...
...fans have a connoisseur's appreciation of the slugger's art, the cheers begin when he strides to the on-deck circle. Rice has sparked Boston to its best start since 1946, when Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio returned from World War II to win the first Red Sox pennant in almost three decades. Says one Sox fan: "They can be down six runs in the ninth inning, but if Rice still has a chance to bat, nobody leaves...
...gifts were apparent from the beginning. After starring in four sports for Anderson, S.C.'s Westside and Hanna high schools, Rice signed with the Sox and spent four years in the minors. In his last year at Triple A in Pawtucket, R.I., he led the International League in batting average, home runs and RBIs, a performance that made him minor league Player of the Year. When he joined the Red Sox full time in 1975, he was 22 and a born star. From the third week of the season until he broke his finger at season's end, Rice...