Word: sox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST MARCH I was in Kissimmee, Florida watching my beloved Boston Red Sox blow an early lead and lose a spring training game to the Houston Astros. Although I was upset by the way the Sox lost--on a late-inning home run hit off reliever Calvin Schiraldi--I left the stadium excited about the season ahead...
...reason to be hopeful. The Red Sox won the American League Championship last year and were one measly strike away from winning the World Series. One strike. At an early game this year, the Fenway Park crowd chose instead to remember the play-offs, in particular the fifth game in which centerfielder Dave Henderson hit a two-strike, two-out home run to steal the series from the California Angels. The bleachers rocked with chants of "Game Number 5!" until Henderson smiled and doffed...
...Gedman began the season late after holding out for more money. Oil Can Boyd shoulder was hurt. Jim Rice forgot how to hit home runs--much less anything else. Calvin Schiraldi continued to throw meatball pitches right over the plate. The upshot of all this was that the Red Sox were never even in contention, dashing the expectations of fans all over New England...
Baseball: Your favorite American League teams pass through Boston at least once a year to battle the Red Sox. Because the baseball season is so long, you can catch a game at the beginning and the end of each school year. Take your roommates, or go alone. Fenway's only a handful of T stops away...
Rookie slugger Mark McGwire found himself ducking repeated fastballs against the Red Sox, and again America's pastime became the setting for an unsightly brawl...