Word: yastrzemskis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Juan Beniquez started it off with a chopper to third that Danny Thompson couldn't handle. Cecil Cooper lined a solid single to center, and Dwight Evans followed with another infield hit to load the bases for Carl Yastrzemski. The potato farmer hit a long sacrifice fly, easily scoring Beniquez, but center fielder Steve Brye made the mistake of throwing the ball into third behind the speedy Cooper, allowing Evans to advance to second...
...transition to third base is not an easy one (ask Carl Yastrzemski about that), but Park has full confidence in Thomas, ("he's going to be an excellent third baseman.") Despite some "first game" jitters against Columbia, Thomas came up with a game-saving defensive stab in the 12th and drove in the winning run of the contest...
Well, Beniquez is in the outfield now, as is captain Yastrzemski, and Johnson has made other drastic changes. Tommy Harper is the designated hitter, Mario Guerrero is at short stop, Cecil Cooper holds down first, and Bernie Carbo is in the outfield. The squad is hardly recognizable from last year, except that Rico Petrocelli and Carlton Fisk should be back in the lineup in last season's positions as soon as they overcome early injuries, and Doug Griffin will play second again...
...deciding factors in this year's race may be the fact that Carl Yastrzemski's three-year, $500,000 pact ended last season. Yaz will have to produce if he wants that kind of cash back. And many people think he does and he will...
Carlton Fisk, Yastrzemski and Orlando Cepeda present a powerful hitting attack, and the Sox are also looking for Bernie Carbo, a former St. Louis Cardinal and Cincinnati Red, to start living up to his potential. Missing from the attack, of course, is Reggie Smith. His value to the team last year was, at best, questionable...