Word: sox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...charismatic team, be it is baseball or box lacrosse, can pull a city or a region together in shared suffering and joy. Part of a New Englander's character is the wary pessimism engendered by watching too many talented Red Sox teams crumple in September. The words "No Pitching' ought to be carved on every Sox fan's tombstone. When the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series in 1979, it was exciting to watch the largely whit, working-class city embrace its largely Black and Hispanic team while the stadium speakers blasted the Pirates' theme song. "We Are Family...
...Sox Lose Another...
Light-hitting Ned Yost keyed a three-run rally, and the Texas Ringers went on t a 4-3 victory-over Boston last night at Fenway, handling the Red Sox their sixth loss...
ANAHEIM, Calif--Dave Stapleton's tie-breaking double drove in the first of three ninth-inning runs to give the Boston Red Sox a 7-4 victory over the California Angels last night...
...final stop, the next day, was in Winter Haven at Chain O'Lakes Park to see the Red Sox. The first warning sign was the concession selling pads for the seats. I ignored the vendors and took my general admission set. As I wiggled around on the uncomfortable and probably neolithic planking for the next nine innings, I desperately ached for the comfort of Holman and Marchant...