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Dave McNally is a happy man, but on December 4, 1974, he was not happy. On that day, McNally, Rich Coggins and Ed Kirkpatrick were traded from the Orioles to the Montreal Expos, for Mike Torrez and Ken Singleton. McNally did not want to play in Montreal. He decided to sue major league baseball...
After a miserable start this season, caused mostly by anemic pitching, the Sox are back on track and will probably pose a threat to the streaking Yanks before the campaign concludes. The starting pitching trio of Dennis Eckersley, Bob Stanley and Mike Torrez at one point possessed a combined record of 3-13, but has recently gone 9-3. Rice and Burleson have regained their hitting strokes, temporarily missing in action. Fisk has rebounded from the latest in a series of debilitating injuries, while Lynn, Remy and Perez have provided impressive offensive production. Following the onset of an unsettling cynicism...
...Burleson just entering their prime, the Red Sox look tough. The Red Sox will go as far as catcher Carlton Fisk's fragile throwing arm and the pitching staff can take them. Eckersley's arm hurts, but he should be okay once the season opens, and look for Mike Torrez, Chuck Rainey and bullpen ace Skip Lockwood to have good seasons...
...early to talk about baseball? No way. Mike Torrez has already been booed. Jim Rice has already hit a home run. It's only the Grapefruit League, but it is baseball...
...frozen night in late September 1978. Every game meant extinction for the Sox. The Tigers at Fenway. Torrez looks great and preserves a 2-1 lead thanks to a Rice homer. With a man on second--forget who--a Tiger--forget who--singles sharply up the middle. Fred Lynn charges, scoops, throws, watches and jumps up like a little kid when the umpire grunts...