Word: yastrzemskis
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...Approximately thirty seconds after Carl Yastrzemski hit his home run in the All-Star game in July, my phone rang. Of course it was Sam. "How do you like that Yaz?" he asked. "I could have told you it would take a Red Sox to get the American League going...
...only disappointment of the morning was Yastrzemski's absence from the scene. The official word was that Yaz had to rush off to see his sick mother. Whatever, he still got a "We Love You Anyway" cheer...
...Yastrzemski and Petrocelli, both longtime Fenway Park heroes and the only players left from the Red Sox's 1967 American League pennant-winners, had the capacity crowd of 35,578 madly cheering their heroics...
...been beaten by Fingers three times during the regular season, retaliated in the sixth. With one out, Yaz doubled halfway up the wall in left field. Fingers worked the count to 3-1 on Fisk before the sturdy Red Sox cleanup man drilled his single to center, sending Yastrzemski home with the tie-breaking...
...eighth, Bando, who tatooed the short left-field wall all day, doubled for his fourth hit. But Drago squirmed out of the jam, striking out Jackson and getting Gene Tenace on a line drive to Yastrzemski...