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...ever, the Red Sox are edged in seven games by the Red Stockings of Cincinnati in a hosiery hoedown. Tony Perez (now with the Red Sox) wrecks Boston with a towering blast of southpaw and genius Bill Lee (now with the Expos), undoing the sixth-game heroics of Cartlon Fisk and the grace of centerfielder Fred Lynn...
...seems, have been stranded on third for many years now. But no matter where you come from, it's impossible to dislike a team which fields Yaz, Perez, Lynn, Fisk, the incomparable Jim Rice, Rick Burleson, Butch Hobson, Jerry Remy and rifle-armed Dewey Evans, currently mired in a batting slump. And Fenway Park has a life of its own--like the hotel in Stanley Kubrick's latest flick, it "shines." Small enough to afford a good view of the action from any seat in the house. Fenway has a communal quality all too uncommon in these days of prefab...
...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, hope once again burgeons in Boston; the Sox have emerged from the dark dugout, ready to give their devotees another taste...
...most fans, the best part of the proceedings was the return of the things they'd missed all winter: Carlton Fisk's throws from behind the plate had good velocity, Dwight Evans and Remy each made two sparkling plays in the field and defending batting champion Lynn picked up where he left off last year, adding a single to his homer...
...whatever outrageous prices may be asked or else settle in cash with the cornering speculator on any terms he may specify. Corners have often been attempted but seldom work, partly because the soaring price creates new supplies. The most famous corner was the one that Jay Gould and Jim Fisk achieved in the New York gold market in 1869 by bribing President Grant's Assistant Treasurer, Daniel Butterfield, to limit the supply of gold. Grant himself intervened to break the corner...