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This is the first in a series of articles on the 1981 Boston Red Sox...
Smithson (call him Mike) is one of three pitchers with no major-league experience battling for a spot on the Red Sox' 25-man roster. By opening day, the present crowd of 21 hurlers will have dwindled to ten; and the rest will set up shop at the Sox AAA affiliate in Pawtucket, the AA team in Bristol, or points beyond...
Once a big horse-racing fan, Vorenberg has given up that interest in favor of baseball. "Besides the Red Sox, I like squash, occasional poker and skiing," he says...
Sullivan helped to confirm two long-suspected notions this winter. The first is that he is a man of principles, and as such is not likely to back down on any position--so in all probability, scratch Fisk. The second is that many Red Sox fans do not agree with those principles...
...seems so bad because of how good it was. Look at Toronto, Cleveland, Seattle, even Minnesota--you won't find a Jim Rice, a Lansford, a Dennis Eckersley or even a Dave (.321) Stapleton on anyone of them. Maybe it's the natural pessimisn of a life-long Red Sox follower (and they do always do better when they're least expected...