Word: yawkey
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...blessed with some of the best baseball talent, and cursed with the worst fate. They haven't won a World Series since 1918, and their three years in the Series since then have been epochs of cold destiny and it makes you wonder if the slave ghosts of the Yawkey family's South Carolina plantation aren't visiting some terrible voo-doo on the owner's Boston plantation. And these days, the ghosts couldn't have found a better city...
...Yawkey is as central a figure in the history of the Sox as any of the players in the book; he is shown cajoling with Ted Williams, Reggie Smith, and everyone loved him. After he bought the franchise in 1933, Yawkey renovated Fenway Park and became the constant in Red Sox lore, and surrounding him has been heartbreak, hope and craziness, good...
...Yawkey bought Clark Grifith's son-in-law. Name the player and dollar amount...
...seem to be off to a good start. The Yawkey estate, the current owner of the team, is only asking $18 million for the Sox, and Campbell and Shepard have already paid for the $140 ad totally with other fans' donations...
...Globe sports reporter said he thought that Mrs. Yawkey has already decided who is going to buy the club and it is only on the market to raise the price or to make the people of New England think they are being democratic...