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...have been associated with Fadden in his tenure here (or during his 1950-1965 stint as trainer of the Boston Red Sox) disagree. The Fadden Treatment involves part blarney, part ego deflation, part sympathy and a healthy does of medical expertise. Combine these virtues with the vantage point of 81 years of varied and usually fascinating living, and Fadden begins to seem like a legend...
...renown coming from his association with Harvard athletes, Fadden probably is best known for the years he spent with the Red Sox, Ted Williams especially. The often-surly Splendid Splinter always held a special fondness for Fadden either because of the trainer's amazing ability to rehabilitate Williams' many injuries or because of Fadden's sometimes-brutal honesty...
...baseball fan. No team in the majors has had as long or luckless a history as the Philadelphia Phillies. In 98 years, the Quaker City also-rans contrived to reach the World Series just three times. In 1915 the Phillies were whipped by the Boston Red Sox, four games to one. The last Philadelphia entry, the 1950 Whiz Kids, fizzled in four straight games to the New York Yankees. Until this year the Phillies managed to win fewer World Series games (one) than Thoroughbred fillies managed to win Kentucky Derbys...
...Dodgers won't give the Red Sox what Sullivan feels Lynn is worth, perhaps the deal should be made elsewhere. The names have been tossed around like so many beanbags, and who knows what combination of Howe, Lopes, Hatcher, Law, Baker, Cey, Power, Beckwith and Stewart is packaged for consideration right now? Clearly, the Boston management is thinking clearly. They want to get something for Lynn, Fisk and Burleson if they can't sign them. The winter has just begun, and there is really no reason to rush--it only seems so because so many of us are anxious...
...have a tremendous amount of talent on this ball club, and I was very disappointed in our showing this year," Yastrzemski added. "The Red Sox are very fortunate to get a guy like...