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...weeks back, writers across the country welcomed the start of springtime with the advent of baseball season. Especially in Boston, the American ritual of opening day is linked directly with the renewal associated with the warming of the weather. The question rings throughout Beantown: "Can the Sox finally do it this year...
Will the Red Sox win the World Series this year for the first time since they traded Babe Ruth? No one can say for sure. But if any baseball fans want to go down to Fenway, grab a hot dog and find out in person, they need not look far for company...
After a dismal Opening Day, things couldn’t have looked more bleak for the Boston Red Sox. After the team suffered several crippling injuries in spring training and then lost to the lowly Baltimore Orioles with the incomparable Pedro Martinez on the mound, many fans were on the verge of writing off the Sox for this year...
That was all temporarily forgotten Wednesday night after Hideo Nomo, who pitched poorly in spring training, became the first Red Sox pitcher in 35 years to pitch a no-hitter. No-hitters are notoriously unpredictable and erratic, but this one was particularly surprising—if any Sox pitcher was going to pitch a no-hitter this season, it was going to be Martinez. Or so we all thought...
...short day, at least, Nomo’s stunning performance makes us forget about all the problems that plague the Red Sox. The anemic hitting, the suspect pitching, the endless injuries are all forgotten for the time being. Instead, we are left to appreciate one of the truly rare feats in baseball history and hope that Nomo’s heroics spark the 2001 Boston Red Sox to overcome last year’s disappointing finish...