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Red Sox Magazine THE PHRASE "AS AMERICAN AS BASEBALL AND APPLE PIE” JUST RECEIVED A SLIGHT MODIFICATION. M\ftQv missing 16 days of spring camp because of a strained right knee, Red Sox Nomar

Garciaparra came out swinging.

S In his first Grapefruit League at-bat, he had a

: In his second game, he had a three- homer and RBI single.

At that point. Red Sox pitching ace Pedro Martinez could only sit back, shake his head, and say, “That’s Nomie. He is not like the rest of us. He doesn’t need to practice. Just give him a bat and glove and send him out there. He was

born to play baseball.”

Garciaparra chuckled when he heard about the

Martinez cornments. . - . .- ^

V ' “Born to play baseball? If that’s so. I’m a very lucky guy,” he said.

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Well, maybe he is lucky, but so are the fans of New England. They’re getting the opportunity to see a truly great ballplayer, one who seems to rise to the heights when he plays before the Fenway Park multitudes. A prime illustration of that would be his performance last May 10 against the - three home runs (two of them grand slams) and 10 RBI. Only 10 other players in major league history have two grand slam homers in a game. Only two other Red Sox players have done it - 3B Jim Tabor in 1939, and IB in 1946. As for the 10 RBI, that has been accomplished by only four Red Sox players - York in ‘46, 1B in 1955, outfielder in 1975 and Garciaparra. “Sometimes you have to sit back and wonder if everybody realizes what we’re seeing out there. Nomie is a baseball player - period. He does it with his defense and he does it with his hitting. He Just loves to play the game,” said his manager, . Nomar reading to the group of youngsters who participated in the “Read Across America” program during spring training. As a youngster growing up in Bellflower, CA, Garciaparra played baseball, but he also excelled in football and soccer. jumped on a fast track to the big leagues. with Oakland 1986-88 and Mark McGwire “I enjoyed all the sports. I loved play¬ In the spring of 1997, Williams made with Oakland 1987-90. ing a lot of different positions, especially in him his shortstop while switching the veter¬ Despite 19 games lost to injuries in ’98, baseball,” he said. “I played ’em all, except an to second base. The move Garciaparra still managed 195 hits and a . Actually, catching was my favorite. I put Garciaparra in what appeared to be a career-high 122 RBI while hitting .323. To was a lot like my hero. Bugs Bunny. high-pressure situation, but he dealt with it top it all, he won his second straight Thomas Remember that cartoon when he played all simply by being himself He knew in his A. Yawkey Award as the Red Sox MVP. the positions himself, and at once? That’s my heart that he was ready for the big leagues, Garciaparra’s 1999 season showed just idea of a great day on the baseball field.” and he went on to prove the point with a how versatile he can be. His manager put While Garciaparra insists that he’s “a blockbuster rookie year. him in the cleanup spot, and he responded lucky guy,” luck has nothing to do with his In his ’97 debut season, he led the by winning the batting championship. Along consistent, outstanding performance over with 209 hits, 11 triples, with his .357 average, he scored 103 runs, the first three years of his career. He has 68 multi-hit games and a Sox-record 684 at- hit 27 homers and drove in 104 runs. All that reached superstardom because he works at bats. He led A.L. rookies in 13 offensive cat¬ was accomplished despite injuries that it. The talent is there, of course, but he never egories. His 30-game hitting streak from reduced his playing load to 135 games. stops honing it. July 26-Aug. 29 was an A.L. rookie record, His ’99 average is the highest ever by a In the off-season, he puts himself and his 30 homers established an A.L. rook¬ Red Sox shortstop, and marked the best by a through a rigorous exercise program to get ie record for . Perhaps his most Red Sox right-handed batter since 1939, “toned up” for the long haul from April to astonishing statistic, though, was his RBI when hit .360. The Red Sox October. During the season, he’s always total. He had a M.L. leadoflf record 98 to top franchise is known for its great left-handed making adjustments, both at the plate and in the Sox — and he did it while hitting out of hitters - , and the field. the leadoff spot in each of his 152 games. . Right-handed batting champi¬ “It’s a game of adjustments. You have to In 1998, when he hit 35 home runs and ons in Red Sox uniforms have been rare, do it every day. You have to do it at the plate, finished second in balloting for the American indeed. Before Nomar, the only Red Sox or they’ll find new ways to get you out. And League’s MVP Award, Garciaparra became right-handed batters to lead the A.L. in hit¬ you have to do it in the field,” he said. only the fifth player to have 30 or more ting were (.367 in 1932), Garciaparra is the first No. 1 draft pick homers in each of his first two full seasons. Jimmie Foxx (.349 in 1938) and Carney of General Manager ’s time Before him, it had been done by Rudy York Lansford (.336 in 1981). with the Red Sox. Coming out of Georgia with in 1936-37, with the Now, after three full seasons, Tech after his junior year in 1994, Nomar in 1983-84, Garciaparra’s career totals include a .322

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opponents will have to pitch to Garciaparra. There will be no way to pitch around him. That’s definitely good news for the Red Sox, considering what Nomar already has done in the cleanup spot: a .346 batting average and 41 homers. “We have the lineup and we have the pitching and defense,” Garciaparra said. “A lot depends on health, but our fans know that we’ll be out there battling every day. This team has a lot of heart, and a lot of pro¬ fessionalism. We’re united in the clubhouse, and that can be very important in a race.” In addition to his value to the Red Sox on the field, Garciaparra also shines as a role model for young people and a force for the batting average, 615 hits and 340 RBI. He Garciaparra does admit to being organization in the community. This season, has led the league in hits, in triples and in “excited” about the Red Sox chances in the he and pitcher Pedro Martinez serve as Red batting average. 2000 season. Sox spokesmen for “Read Across America,” Nomar had the honor of starting at “I think we have the kind of team that a reading awareness effort sponsored by the shortstop for the American League in the can go all the way. Winning the National Education Association, and, in All-Star Game last July at Fenway Park. In a definitely is a realistic goal for us, and I’m , by the Massachusetts season dominated by great young shortstops, excited about that,” he said. Teachers Association. Nomar topped ’em all. In addition to his All- “We have the core of players we need, It began in Fort Myers, FL., March 4, Star Game accolades, he was voted as the but the key is the other guys who have to as spring training took a delightfully differ¬ shortstop on the major league All-Star teams contribute. Last season, I think we had 50 ent turn. With Lee County youngsters gath¬ chosen by The Associated Press and The players altogether (actually 49), and they all ered around them, Garciaparra and Martinez Sporting News. helped us get to the playoffs. If everybody alternated reading aloud from the works of He was a Fenway hero all through the does his job, it can happen.” Dr. Seuss. ’99 season, thrilling the crowds with a .378 For the last two years, when the Red This happy little occasion in the grand¬ batting average, 67 RBI and 14 homers in Sox made the playoffs with 92- and 94-vic¬ stand at City of Palms Park honored the 96th home games. tory totals, they were considered underdogs birthday of Dr. Seuss, otherwise known as “I just love playing at Fenway, because who had beaten the pre-season odds against the late Dr. Theodore Geisel of Mulberry the fans are so supportive of the team. 1 can’t them. This time around, they are highly St., Springfield, MA. put into words how it feels to go out there at regarded. Most publications have the Red Garciaparra and Martinez will do a the start of a ballgame with those crowds roar¬ Sox as a playoff team again. As a matter of batch of public service announcements ing for us. They love their Sox, and they never fact. Sports Illustrated magazine picked regarding “Read Across America” for use by quit on us. They’re always there,” he said. them to win the World Series. television stations throughout New England. As good as Garciaparra is during the Oh-oh. Are the Red Sox now involved In adding “Read Across America” to regular season, he’s better in the playoffs. In with the celebrated Sports Illustrated “jinx?” their list of good works, the Red Sox have 13 playoff games over the last two seasons, he “1 don’t believe in curses, hexes or jinx¬ the ideal representatives to spearhead it. You hit .383 with seven home runs and 20 RBI. es. It’s actually kind of funny to me to see the just can’t do better than Martinez and His statistics may be outstanding, but forecasters lining up behind us. We were a Garciaparra. don’t try to get him to talk about them, or to good team last year, but they didn’t know it. “Our players realize what an impact talk about past seasons. Now, all of a sudden, they’re saying, ‘Hey, they can have in the community. They can “Statistics don’t mean anything to me these guys are good.’ That’s OK, 1 guess, but carry a strong message, and they know it,” unless they add up to winning. You can talk the thing is, you have to do it on the field. said John Harrington, chief executive officer all you want about what I’ve done, or what You have to do it over 162 games,” of the Red Sox. this team has done, but the fact is, we haven’t Garciaparra said. Superstar at shortstop, dynamo at won the World Series. Until that happens, 1 As he did for most of last season, cleanup, role model in the community - can never say it’s been the kind of year I’m Garciaparra will bat in the cleanup spot. He that’s Nomar Garciaparra. He’s just “Bugs looking for. 1 go to training camp every year will have new centerfielder Carl Everett hit¬ Bunny” at heart, but he also happens to be with one goal - to help this team win the ting ahead of him and Mike the very model of what a No. 1 draft choice World Series. That’s the way 1 approach it,” Stanley hitting behind him. With that setup. should be. ■ he said.

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“1 didn’t even take it seriously,” Lowe said of baseball. “I threw between 80 and 84 miles per hour. I got no college offers. Not from anybody.” Yet, here it is nine years later and he’s entrusted with the most important job in the bullpen on the Boston Red Sox, one of the best teams in the big leagues. Two years ago he was a and middle reliever who posted a 3-9 record. Now, he’s the guy Manager Jimy Williams will turn to when the game’s on the line in the ninth , and he needs somebody to get an out or two or even three. It’s quite a contrast from starting or even middle relief “The big difference is there’s no one behind you,” Lowe said recently. “In the seventh inning, someone can come in and clean up. In the ninth inning, there’s nobody behind me. You’re the last guy. I think you have to be more confident to be a closer. You have to know whatever situation you’re in, you have to get out of it. “They’re not going to come get you. That takes a little bit of time to get used to. I got some of that last year and got some good experience last year. Playoff pressure is twice as much as regular season pressure. To get playoff games under my belt is definitely going to help me this year.” The life of a closer is unlike that of any other player or pitcher. The only thing com¬ parable might be pinch hitting. Pinch hitters, though, don’t specialize in batting in the ninth inning with the game on the line. A closer’s specialty is pitching at the most tense moments of the biggest games with the there and do a good job. The organization standing bullpen with middle relievers and most at stake. has chosen me for this job. I had only 15 short men such as Bryce Florie, Rich “It is different, to be honest with you,” saves. They must have confidence I can go Garces, Rheal Cormier, and Lowe said. “The first time I got put out there, out there and do the job. If they have confi¬ John Wasdin. you could tell it was different because you dence, it makes my job easier.” “I like our bullpen,” Lowe said. “We got were a little more nervous knowing in the Lowe vividly recalls his reaction last lefthanders, righthanders. We got guys who eighth or ninth inning you got a one-run lead year when he was given the No. 1 job in the go long. Everyone knows their role.” and you got to go out there and shut the door. bullpen, replacing veteran , The bullpen is still a fairly new experi¬ “After the game 1 was fine. I had to get who is sidelined with an elbow injury. ence for Lowe. He began his pro career as a those jitters out. It was like it was my first “I don’t want to say shocked,” Lowe said. starter and reached the majors with the major league game. You get out there and “I thought last year when they acquired Rod Seattle Mariners as a starter. Lowe earned you’re nervous. That’s the fun.” Beck because there were questions about his first in pro ball in 1998 when he had As Lowe discussed his job he seemed to Gordon’s elbow, I thought, here’s the logical four with the Red Sox. He had 15 last year. get more enthused, as if it was the ninth guy. He’s going to step in. He needs 40 saves If all goes as expected he should have many inning of a one-run lead against the New for 300 career saves. I got 19 career saves. It more this season. His days as a starter York Yankees and shortstop was was logical. But then again, it was a choice appear to be history, a footnote in his bio like stepping to the plate. they made. You make it. I said all along. I’d the days at Edsel Ford High School. “It’s an exciting role,” Lowe said. “Every try to win the job in spring training and go “1 think the longer you pitch out of the game you’re going to pitch in is going to be out and do the best 1 can. It’s a long season.” bullpen, the harder it will be to get back as a very intense and close and you got to go out He believes the Red Sox have an out¬ starter,” Lowe said. “Whatever is best for the

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possible. It’s why millions of fans will see Derek Lowe on television this year. According to Lowe, though, when and where he pitches isn’t the most important thing. “I just enjoy pitching,” he said. “1 don’t think I get caught up. I’m just going to go out there and pitch. I enjoy pitching late in the game. I enjoy pitching the seventh or eighth. The one thing I’m going to miss is not being able to pitch a lot of . “I think the thing I enjoyed last year was pitching 110 innings during the season. Sometimes you get in that closer role, you look at a lot of guys, they may pitch 70 games, and they may have 60 innings.” Beck, who is No. 14 on the all-time saves list with 260 career saves, realizes Lowe has the big job. Beck understands. He’s a veteran who made his big league debut in 1991, when Lowe was still in high school. Would Beck, who began the season on the disabled list, like the closer role, the one he once held with the team. We’ve made the playoffs the last two the 1997 season, the Mariners traded Lowe and ? years I pitehed out of the bullpen. We’ll see.” to the Red Sox. “Well, obviously, competition between Back in Dearborn nine years ago nobody Now, it’s obvious to Lowe he made the teammates is very important, especially in could have predicted Derek Lowe would end right decision focusing on baseball in 1991 spring training,” said Beck, who has had five up where he is now. How does a kid who and passing up Division I basketball offers. seasons of 30 or more saves. struggles against Michigan high school hit¬ Still, it wasn’t an easy call at the time. “My answer is yes, I want to close for ters in 1991 mature into a young man who “Because I wasn’t very good.at base¬ this ballclub but being realistic, Derek Lowe was 6-3 with a 2.63 ERA and 15 saves for ball,” Lowe said. “I’m going to play a sport had a heck of a season and is a young guy the Red Sox in 1999? Lowe may have been which Tm not really very good at at the with good stuff.” an unrefined pitcher but he was a gifted 6- time? That was a tough decision, especially He’s also a young guy with a good atti¬ foot-6 athlete. He was an all-city shortstop when I first got out there to rookie ball tude. Lowe invariably has a smile on his face and an all-state basketball guard who aver¬ throwing 85 miles per hour throwing as hard at the ballpark, apparently enjoying the life aged 32 points per game and was recruited as I can and there’s guys throwing 95-98. of a big league ballplayer. by Division 1 schools. “ft was scary at first because I really hon¬ “I’d be the same if I was doing anything,” “I was going to be the next Dan estly wasn’t that good at the sport. Seattle Lowe said. “If you can’t enjoy the living we Majerle,” Lowe said. He was also all-league was right. After about a year’s worth of make, you got to question yourself You’re in soccer and golf pitching I was throwing 90-92.” playing a sport. Playing with some of the The Seattle Mariners knew about Lowe’s That wasn’t enough. Getting big-league best athletes ever. Playing with future Hall all-around athletic ability. hitters out requires more than a 92 mph of Famers. I just go out and try to have a “1 knew they were looking because they fastball. good time every day. came to a lot of my basketball games,” Lowe “That’s why I went to my sinker four “Sometimes it comes across as lazy or said. “They came to my soccer games years ago,” Lowe said. doesn’t care. That’s just the way I am. I truly because they wanted to see what kind of The sinker made a difference, adding a come out to have fun and realize it’s a game. competitor you were. The reason 1 got draft¬ devastating pitch that will make batters slap You can’t get too caught up in stats.” ed was because they figured if 1 put all my grounders to shortstop Nomar Garciaparra The Seattle Mariners didn’t get caught up efforts into baseball 1 might be able to and other members of the Red Sox. The in Lowe’s stats in 1991 at Edsel Ford High become a good pitcher some day because 1 sinker has made this role possible. It has School, and he’s now a big league pitcher. The played a lot of sports and was athletic.” made Lowe a closer. It’s why he’ll be called Red Sox are reaping the benefits. The Mariners figured right. Six years upon in big games between now and “That first game is always nerve-wrack¬ after they selected him on the eighth round October. The sinker is why he’ll be on the ing,” Lowe said. of the 1991 draft, Lowe reached the big mound in the ninth inning here in Fenway For Derek Lowe, nerve-wracking is no leagues with the Mariners. In the middle of Park or in or Camden Yards. big deal. It’s his job to deal with such situa¬ The sinker made the new job description tions. ■

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For Red Sox fans, it’s all about the game. But as any diehard Red Sox fan would tell you, going to Fenway Park means more than just watching a game: Fenway Park is a total experience. That’s why the entire Red Sox organization, from ticket takers on up to the players themselves, is com¬ mitted to making the “Friendly Fenway” experience a memorable and positive one. So while the sports pages show Pedro, Nomar and the rest of the ballplayers gearing up for a winning season on the

Ruggles Station today. © MBTA/2000. field, the Red Sox administrative team has also been hard at work behind the scenes in the off-season to enhance the “Friendly Fenway” experience both in • TOP: In the early days of Fenway Park, fans took the public transit to the game. Today that tradition contin¬ and around the ballpark. ues! Photo courtesy of The Brearley Collection, Inc.

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Easier and Mare Reliable Service game time, with five- to six-minute inter¬ The Red Sox are striving to make every vals between runs. For the trip home, buses aspect of your Fenway experience a positive will begin running from the ballpark back to one, even from the moment you head out to Ruggies Station at the start of the seventh the game. One important part of that effort inning and continue for roughly an hour has focused on efficiently adjusting the way after the end of the game. To board the shut¬ thousands of fans get to and from the ball¬ tles, fans simply show the driver their Red park. During the past several months, the Sox game tickets. Red Sox have been working with the MBTA To make the Red Sox Ruggies Shuttle and the Department of Transportation in an service more effective, the Red Sox and ongoing effort to address the traffic and MBTA personnel have been working to coor¬ parking issues in the Fenway area during dinate commuter rail schedules to accommo¬ home games. By working to encourage the date fans heading to and from Fenway via the wider use of public transportation to the Ruggies Shuttle. For example, inbound ballpark, the Red Sox hope not only to commuter line trains into Boston, which for¬ improve the “Friendly Fenway” experience merly bypassed Ruggies Station on weekend for all their fans, but also to reaffirm their runs, will now stop there at those times on commitment as a considerate and responsi¬ weekend game days. Planners are also work¬ ble member of the Fenway community. ing to ensure that the latest trains departing “We know that our fans just want to be from Ruggies on the Attleboro, Franklin and able to get to the ballpark quickly, safely and Needham commuter lines on all game days easily, and we are developing more ways to are timed to allow the final shuttle buses to make that happen,” says Red Sox CEO John A statue of stands on the arrive from Fenway. Knowing that fans will Harrington. “At the same time, we recognize grounds of Northeastern University (near not use the buses or trains if there is a risk of Ruggies Station) and formeriy the site of that the Red Sox are part of the Fenway being stranded, the Red Sox planners have the Red Sox first home, the Huntington community, and as such, we need to try our Avenue Grounds. © 2000 Jaymes Leavitt, made it a priority to work closely with the best to be a good neighbor. With a ballpark Northeastern University. MBTA Operations team to coordinate com¬ like Fenway that’s in the middle of an urban muter rail trains at the end of late-running community, it’s essential that we make pub¬ To encourage more fans to take the com¬ ballgames. lic transportation an attractive option for muter rail to the ballpark. Red Sox and It’s worth noting that Ruggies Station is more of our fans. We are excited about some MBTA planners have established several ini¬ not only close enough to Fenway Park to let new plans we’ve made this year with the tiatives to better serve the suburban fans the shuttle system work well, it’s also a Red MBTA and Department of Transportation to who could use these rail lines. Some of the Sox landmark of sorts. Before Fenway Park get fans to and from the ballpark with the following proposals involve adjustments to was built in 1912, the original Red Sox team least impact on the neighborhood.” current train schedules, while others are - known in the early 1900s as the Boston Prompted by the success of last year’s entirely new programs being offered on a Pilgrims - played their games at the collaborative campaign urging fans to “Take trial basis. Huntington Avenue Grounds, very near the T” during All-Star Week and the 1999 where the Ruggies Station now stands. In major league playoffs, the Red Sox and The Dree Red Sox Ruggies fact, the very first World Series in history MBTA have developed a comprehensive Shuttle - A Ride Through was played on that site in 1903, when the plan to promote public transit and help fans Red Sox History Pilgrims beat the five use the MBTA system to get to and from the In one significant pilot program, the games to three (in the early days, the World ballpark this season. Several public trans¬ Red Sox have retained Paul Revere Series was a best of nine contest). That very portation lines serve the Fenway and Transportation to operate free shuttle bus same ballpark was where the team won the Kenmore Square areas near the ballpark, service between Fenway Park and nearby 1904 American League pennant, where the with the most heavily used stops being the Ruggies Station on home game days. name “Red Sox” was officially adopted for Green Line stops at Kenmore and Fenway. Spacious and recently refurbished, Ruggies the 1907 season, and where Smoky Joe Also convenient, but less fully utilized Station is served by the Orange Line, sever¬ Wood threw a no-hitter in 1911. by Red Sox fans, are the MBTA commuter al bus lines, and commuter rail lines from Additionally, Boston’s Cy Young threw the rail lines into Boston from Framingham, Attleboro, Franklin and Needham. The tran¬ first perfect game of the modem era in the Franklin, Attleboro and Needham. In order sit-style shuttle buses, which have two doors Huntington Avenue Grounds in 1904. to make the public transit system more for easier access, can accommodate 56 seat¬ And for a brief, shining moment in time, accommodating to Red Sox fans, a thor¬ ed and standing passengers, including pas¬ the Boston team’s park, the oughly integrated approach was needed to sengers with disabilities. Shuttle buses will South End Grounds, stood on the very spot make the local and commuter rail facets of begin making the 1.8 mile run from the sta¬ now occupied by Ruggies Station. The South the system work more smoothly in tandem. tion to the ballpark about 90 minutes before End Grounds, which many believe to have

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been one of the most regal and beautiful ball¬ trian traffic in the Kenmore Station tunnel. Turnpike, and in Kenmore Square. The team parks in history, looked more like an Satellite Parkinff Options for will offer a number of incentives to encour¬ Arthurian Castle than a ballpark with multi¬ Sox Fans age the wider use of satellite parking lots ple turreted entranees topped by flowing ban¬ In addition, the Red Sox and MBTA and of the underutilized garages in the ners; a true Camelot of baseball. To this day, planners are working to promote the use of Fongwood medical area, the Prudential the South End Grounds was Boston’s first and the large satellite parking lots at the outer Center, Boston University and the only -deeker stadium, the splendor of terminals of the light rail systems - at Fandmark Center. In addition. Red Sox which has not been rivaled since. It seems Riverside on the Green Fine, Quincy Adams brochures will outline the various public only fitting that it is from these historic on the Red Fine, Wonderland on the Blue transit options available for getting to and grounds that the Red Sox Ruggles Shuttle Fine, and Medford or Wellington on the from Fenway Park. Make sure to check out will transport eager baseball fans toward Orange Fine. As Maureen Bleday of the Red the team’s website, redsox.com, which also Fenway Park to begin their “Friendly Sox points out, “Our fans have repeatedly contains detailed MBTA information and is Fenway” experience, and to partake of all the told us in numerous ballpark surveys that connected by hyperlink to mbta.com. history that Fenway calls its own. they would park at satellite areas or use pub¬ lic transit if it were more convenient.” Take the T to FUendly Fenway Yawkey Station Adjustments Specific promotions and incentives are The Red Sox and the MBTA are As another way to make the MBTA planned throughout the season to encourage steeped in tradition and history. Now, they commuter rail more fan-friendly, planners are more fans to use public transit. On the Green are teaming up in an effort to provide loyal also looking into adjustments for Yawkey Fine’s Fenway stop on the Riverside/D Fine, Red Sox fans with several new and conven¬ Station, an ancillary stop on the commuter rail fans will benefit from improved signage and ient options for getting out to the ballpark. from Framingham. Named after the family pedestrian access. With the Red Sox and MBTA putting in that has owned the Red Sox for over 50 years Along with these initiatives encourag¬ place a multi-layered program of improve¬ and located very close to Fenway Park, ing fans to use public transit, the Red Sox ments and incentives, and with gasoline Yawkey Station is generally open only for lim¬ have arranged for more and clearer signs to prices edging toward $2.00 a gallon, there is ited service around Red Sox games. In the be posted at the ballpark, in nearby MBTA no better time to “Take the T to Fenway.” ■ past, many fans from the western suburbs stations, on Route 93 and the Massachusetts chose not to take the The Huntington Avenue Grounds. Framingham commuter line, to avoid the risk of being stranded at the station after a late-running game. To address this legitimate con¬ cern, the Red Sox and MBTA have arranged to hold outbound trains from Yawkey Station for 15 min¬ utes after the end of any game, regardless of how long the game may run. Conductors will also stop later trains if necessary. Red Sox coordinators will notify the MBTA’s control person¬ nel whenever a game runs late, in order to ensure that adequate rail service and supervisors will be available. To expedite travel for those fans riding on the local subway system, an MBTA consumer services van will be stationed out¬ side the ballpark for select¬ ed games to sell tokens or passes which will help alle¬ viate the congested pedes¬

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nervous to make my start in the major leagues.” /IS baseball enters the new millennium, the ballparks that witnessed so much of the game’s memorable moments are all but forgotten. With few exceptions, baseball’s original hallowed grounds have been replaced “By far, my favorite place to pitch was Dodger Stadium dur¬ by state-of-the-art ballparks that combine all of today’s necessary ameni¬ ing night games. The infield ties with the classic look of those from days gone by. grass was kept long, the pitching mound was very high, the alleys Hall of Famers were asked to pick their favorite ballparks and recall their were deep and the night air first memories of playing in a big league park. seemed to keep the ball from traveling very far. My major league debut JOHNNY BENCH BEORGE BRETT came at old Busch Stadium on “I liked playing in Atlanta, “I remember going to Grand Avenue in St. Louis San Diego, and Philadelphia. Fenway Park when I was 13 to against the Pittsburgh Pirates. But my favorite was Riverfront watch my brother, Ken, pitch in The first pitch I threw was to Stadium with the hometown the World Series. I liked the Bob Bailey. It fans and all the eomforts of our closeness of the fans to the was a fastball, low and away. He own clubhouse. field, and they were always the ripped it for a down Crosley Field! I had arrived most knowledgeable fans about the left-field line. I said, ‘Damn, in Cincinnati just in time to the game. that was a pretty good pitch’.” play my first game. I didn’t I’ll never forget old have time to be nervous as we in Chicago. I played against the Phillies. It got my first major league hit in seemed so easy with the control my second at-bat off Stan and talent of the Reds.” Bahnsen.”

YOGI BERRA JIMBUNNINE “Tiger Stadium was my “Candlestick Park in San favorite. I could see the ball Francisco was my favorite, really well there, and it was a mostly because I only lost one great place to hit. game ever in that ballpark. I My first memory of a big also loved pitching against the league ballpark is Yankee Giants. Stadium, where I hit a home My first big league game run my first at-bat.” took place at Tiger Stadium. I ORLANBO CEPEBA lost the game to Baltimore, 6-5, “I loved to play at Wrigley and I was very excited and Field in Chicago because the Cubs played all day games, and

Red Sox Magazine I 25 it was a great place to hit. The went three-for-five, and I got to fence in center field was 461 FEREIE JENKINS fans were very close to the see Connie Mack for the first feet away, and left center was “Pitching at players. time.” 457 feet. As long as you kept in Chicago was like ‘A Walk in My first major league game the hitters from hitting the ball the Park.’ was at Seals Stadium in San BOB FELLER down the line, it was a great My first big league ball Francisco. I hit my first base hit “I really enjoyed pitching at park to pitch in. game was at Connie Mack and my first home run that day.” Comiskey Park in Chicago. It My first game was at Stadium. I won my first game had deep power alleys, and it Fenway Park in Boston, in July in relief, 4-3, in 12 innings over LARRY nOBY was also deep down the right- of 1950.1 came into the game the St. Louis Cardinals.” “I enjoyed playing at and left-field foul lines. It also with the Yankees losing 10-0, Griffith Stadium in Washington. usually had a good mound and and left the game losing 17-4. In left and right field was where the fans were fair. Later on we found out the first all the African-American fans My first big league start was base for Boston was let¬ sat and cheered, and I had very at League Park in Cleveland, ting hitters know what pitch I good games there. 1936.1 was only 18 years old was throwing with men on My first major league game and I fanned 15 St. Louis base. It was a very tough day, took place at Comiskey Park in Browns, and won, 4-1.1 pitched but things got better when Chicago. I pinch-hit and struck three innings six weeks earlier coach and Ed Lopat out. But in my next game, I vs. the St. Louis Cardinals and corrected my flaw the next day.” played first base and doubled in fanned eight in an exhibition a run.” game. I relieved several times MONTE IRVIN in July and early August before “Wrigley Field in Chicago my first start.” was my favorite ballpark. In 1956,1 came to the Cubs after ROLLIE FINGERS playing for the Giants for six “I just loved Fenway Park in years. The first time the Giants Boston because of the closeness came in that season, I hit a key George Keli of the fans. home run off my friend, Jim My first big league experi¬ Hearn, and won the ball game ence was at Tiger Stadium in for our team. It was very sweet “Tiger Stadium was a great 1968.1 gave up four earned revenge. The feeling lasted for park to hit in, but I had a great runs in 1 1/3 innings. Included a week. fondness for Fenway Park, in that was Bill Freehan’s first In early July of 1949,1 mostly because of the short left- career home run in the majors. reported to the Polo Grounds field fence. And the fans were It was not a good day!” with Hank Thompson. Leo so close; it was ‘fan friendly’ Durocher greeted us and intro¬ I played my first major duced us around. We sat on the league game at Shibe Park in bench for a couple of days and Philly. After hitting .396 at then went to Ebbets Field to Lancaster in the Class B play the Dodgers. In the late Interstate League, Mr. (Connie) innings, I was called on to Mack bought my contract and BOBBY BOERR pinch-hit. Joe Hatten was the took me straight to Philly.” “Fenway Park was my pitcher. Even though I was a favorite park to play in. There veteran and almost 31, my were no shadows in day games knees started to knock and “There’s no question about for a right-handed hitter. The wouldn’t stop. I called time and it, Fenway Park was my favorite left-field fence was short, and it stepped out. Finally the feeling place to play! I’m sure it’s helped that the wind would stopped and I walked on a 3-2 every right-handed hitter’s blow towards left field most of count. I ran to first base, just favorite. And I believe I hit 37 Rollie Fingers the time. It was just a great happy to get there. We lost the home runs there. We used to park to play a ball game in. The game, but I wasn’t nervous any get a standing ovation for bat¬ weather was always good, not WHITEYFORO longer.” ting practice! too hot like the Midwest. “I loved Yankee Stadium, I played my first big league I played my first game at because I was left-handed, I game in old Connie Mack Shibe Park in Philadelphia. It usually faced mostly right- Stadium in Philadelphia in was a great thrill because I handed hitting teams there. The 1954. I went three-for-four with

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because I hit very well there. always a windy day at BROOKS ROBINSON That’s where the Dodger fans Candlestick.” “Tiger Stadium and Fenway gave me my nickname “Stan Park were my favorites. These the Man.” That will always be a PHIL RIZZUTO two parks had a flavor of their special place to me. “Yankee Stadium was my own. They were old parks and I remember my first two hits favorite ballpark because we great hitters’ parks. The fans came at Sportsman’s Park. It played a majority of our games ^ were close to the field and it was the first time I ever saw a - well I guess half of our games was just a great feeling to play - thrown by Jim there. You got to know every there. Tobin of the Boston Braves.” nook and cranny there, and of My first big league game course we had the fans behind was at Memorial Stadium in us. Being from New York, it Baltimore. My memories are “Wrigley Field was my meant a lot to me to play in my j that I got two hits and drove in a favorite place to play because I hometown. Back then, you had I big run in our win. I was not two singles, a double and two would much rather play day the monuments in the outfield starting the game until Billy Cox RBI. I was only 18 years old, games and I loved to smell the and that was unbelievable. It was , came up sick and was scratched and I was playing second base.” bratwurst. really a special place to play. from the lineup five minutes My first game was in either On Opening Day, 1941, we before the game started.” RALPH MINER Candlestick Park or the Colt .45 were in Washington “Ebbets Field was a great Stadium in Houston. I’m not D.C. at Griffith park to hit in and the fans were sure which one. But I know I Stadium. It was my alive. Even if you were the got ’em out.” very first major league enemy, they would applaud a game, and I saw my good performance. It was also a JIM PALMER first live American thrill to play in New York. “Yankee Stadium was my President, Franklin Sportsman’s Park in St. favorite place to pitch. I grew Delano Roosevelt. He Louis will always be special to up in New York City and I threw out the first pitch me because that’s where I got loved the Yankee tradition. I and I couldn’t believe my first major league hit.” went to Yankee Stadium for the it. I was leading off the first time when I was nine years game and' I was so TOMLASORDA old. nervous. Dutch “My favorite park to play in My first appearance in the Leonard was pitching was Ebbets Field. The fans major leagues came at Fenway and he was a knuckle- were so close to the players that Park. I came in the game in bailer. I made up my Brooks Robinson you could shake hands with relief with the bases loaded. I mind I was swinging at the first them. It was a tough park for struck out on pitch no matter where it was. , but the fans made the three fastballs - two swinging Well, the pitch was a knuckler, “Anaheim Stadium was my games exciting. and the third strike looking at and it bounced in front of the favorite place to pitch before it My first appearance in the the knees.” plate, but I still hit it and was enclosed in the late 1970s. major leagues was at Ebbets grounded out. I was relieved. It was such a nice setting and Field. I was so scared and nerv¬ I’ll never forget it.” the fans were close to the field. ous. came to “Jack Murphy Stadium in The southern California air was the mound, talked to me and it San Diego was my favorite ROSIN ROBERTS heavy at night so the ball really helped. I pitched one ballpark to pitch in. It was a big “Connie Mack Stadium in wouldn’t carry well. inning against the Reds, and I ballpark and the weather was Philadelphia was my favorite. I’ll never forget my first big had to face Johnny Temple, Roy always great. We always started All of the other parks were league ball game, at Shea McMillan, Gus Bell and Ted night games at 7:05 p.m. so we great after a winning effort. Stadium in New York. 1 faced Kluszewski.” could have dinner with the fam¬ My first major league game Henry Aaron and Eddie ily at home. came at Connie Mack Stadium. Mathews for the first time - two STAN MUSIAL My first ballpark memory It was a great thrill to be pitch¬ of the 500-home run hitters.” “Sportsman’s Park in St. was in Candlestick Park, 1962, ing in the big leagues, though 1 Louis was my favorite. 1 played against the . 1 lost, 2-0, to Pittsburgh with RED SCHOENDIENST most of my games there, and 1 got the first hitter out but didn’t Elmer Riddle pitching against “My favorite ballpark was was very comfortable at the get a win or a loss. It was us.” old Sportsman’s Park in St. plate. 1 also liked Ebbets Field Louis. It has special memories

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for me because I met my future the ’67 season - versus the atmosphere there was great here he comes right for me. wife there. Also it was special Pirates. My memories are of the because I was a Dodger fan Then he says, ‘what do you to play in front of all my family size of a big league park when growing up, although they were think of the big leagues?’ Well, and friends. Since 1 grew up you are on the field looking in Brooklyn. There was a lot of I gave him a little sass but I across the river in Illinois it was back at the stands, the cold of history connected with that also said this, ‘I know I can hit like playing in my own yard. baseball in April and my first name, the Dodgers. There was that guy.’ Well, it later proved My first major league game major league hit, an infield sin¬ always fan support. When I first that I did hit him pretty good. was at Wrigley Field in gle off Woody Fryman.” came to the major leagues, the (Williams doubled in his sec¬ Chicago. 1 was assigned to play ballpark that comes to mind is ond at-bat) left field, and of course the Seals Stadium in San Francisco. wind was really blowing. As the “Ebbets Field was my home It was a small ballpark and one j wind swirled, I only became for 11 years. I loved the team, of the last knothole parks, a lot \ “Fenway Park, with its more nervous. It was Opening the fans, all of it. My first big of wood.” , unique shape and high left-field Day for the Cubs, and the rival¬ league game was at Ebbets wall, created an atmosphere ry between the Cards and the Field. We won the game and I unlike any other. It was a great Cubs only added to my desire got my first base hit.” I park to hit in! to do well. I had just turned 20 j My first big league memory and was very excited to be in is from Milwaukee Coimty the major leagues. I made an “My favorite ballparks were Stadium. The first ground ball in the outfield, but also Braves Field and Milwaukee ; hit to me at shortstop was a made my first hit in the big County Stadium. I chopper over the moimd. I leagues. I loved every minute of My favorite ballpark memo¬ ' stepped on second, and not the game.” ry was my first game at Braves f knowing how to make the play Field in Boston. For me, being ^ properly, was spiked by the 1 in that park represented the big [ base runner (Cecil Cooper) who leagues.” I later became a teammate of mine for many years.” ■ “The Astrodome in Houston was my favorite place to pitch because it was more forgiving, especially of high fastball TED WILLIAMS pitchers. “Fenway Park was my My first memory of playing favorite ballpark because it was at Dodger Stadium was the my home. But on the road, I realization that I was a team¬ loved to play in Detroit. You mate of and Don know I hit 55 home runs in that Drysdale, and a member of the ballpark, including two in my 1965 World Champions.” first two at-bats. The fagade in right field was very close, and those Tiger pitchers always TOMSEAVER “My favorite ballpark to came right after you. They “Having the fortune of play¬ pitch in was Dodger Stadium. didn’t try to pitch around you. ing in both leagues, two parks Home runs hit in Dodger My first official game in the rank #1 on my list. The first is Stadium are true home runs in big leagues was at Yankee Fenway Park, because of the every sense of the word. Stadium - the house that deep history and absolute My first memory of a big (Babe) Ruth built. And the essence of the baseball ‘park.’ league ballpark was the Polo Babe himself was there. My Robin Yount Dodger Stadium, though very Grounds in New York. I was so first time at-bat, I struck out sterile, was the venue for me as excited to be in the major against . One of my Color photos courtesy of a college student, and then to leagues. I hit a home run in first teammates (Jack Wilson) kind National Baseball Hall of Fame play there was a big league time at-bat.” of thought I was a little bit and Museum, Cooperstown, NY. dream come true. cocky. He came all the way I made my major league BILLY WILLIAMS down from the end of the debut at Shea Stadium in New “I loved playing at Dodger dugout. I was up by the water York. It was the second game of Stadium. 1 thought the baseball fountain and the bat rack, and

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Over the years more than The 1975 Boston Red Sox 1,350 ballplayers have worn 25 Years Later the Red Sox uniform. Many of these former players have selected New England as their long-term home. This is the second article in our season series featuring members of the 1975 American League Champion Boston Red Sox.

Bob Montgomery made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox on September 6, 1970. He remained with the Red Sox, primarily as a backup catcher, through the 1979 season. During his decade with the club, the team finished in second place or better five times, played in the most exciting American League playoff game in baseball history, and participated in what is widely considered the best World Series of all-time. “I feel like I was very fortunate to have played in the big leagues throughout the ’70s,” Monty states emphatically. “I had Hall of Fame teammates like Yaz and , and a couple of guys, and whom 1 think belong there. And 1 played against Hall of Famers like George Brett, Catfish Hunter and Jim Palmer. There were some wonderful players during that decade. I believe it was one of the great eras for baseball.” Baked Soft Prt'fxels

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“When it came time to face the Oakland A’s in the American League Championship Series, a lot of people thought we would have a tough time. After all they were the three-time World Series champs. Well, we didn’t feel that way at all. We had played well against the A’s all season, and we expected to beat them. Our three straight wins surprised a lot of people, but it didn’t surprise us. “It was the same way when it came time to face the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. Everybody was talking about the Big Red Machine and how they were going to roll all over us. But we didn’t feel that way at all. We knew we had a very strong club, and we knew we were going to give them a bat¬ tle. And we dam near pulled it off!” Monty recalls reflecting on the Reds’ one-mn win in Game 7.

Monty (far right) with feilow Duane Josephson and Carlton Fisk in spring training in 1971.

“When I look back on those Red Sox teams of the ’70s, I feel that if we had one more pitcher we would have been a domi¬ nant team. Just one more starting pitcher and the Red Sox would have been the team of the ’70s.”

THE 1975 BOSTON RED SOX The 1975 Red Sox are best remembered for the pitching heroics of Luis Tiant, the outstanding rookie years of the “Gold Dust Twins” of Fred Lynn and Jim Rice and the leadership of Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz and Lynn were American League All-Stars, and the Red Sox led the league in slugging, on- base average and hitting with a team batting average of .275. The club won 95 games, 47 of them at Friendly Fenway and 48 on the road. Making the tag on Boomer! When Red Sox fans think back on the NASHVILLE NATIVE highlights of the 1975 season, their first Montgomery filled the void once more. Bob Montgomery was born and raised thought is of Pudge Fisk’s dramatic, 12th- Monty was the regular catcher through the in Nashville, TN. If you listen very closely inning home run to win Game 6 of the World first two months of that year. More impor¬ you can still hear a hint of Nashville, but his Series. Few fans recall that when the 1975 tantly, he was the Red Sox best clutch hitter strong voice resonates with the timbre of a season began, the regular Red Sox catcher during that period. professional announcer. was Montgomery. Carlton Fisk had missed When Fisk returned to regular duty in Monty was an all-state athlete in three large portions of the 1974 season due to late June, Monty resumed his accustomed sports at Nashville’s Central High School. In injury. Bob Montgomery played in 88 games role as the number-two catcher. He appeared baseball he was a pitcher, first baseman and behind the plate that season for the Sox. in 62 games that season and made a number an outfielder. “1 did pretty well in the other Then in spring training before the 1975 sea¬ of important contributions to the team’s first- sports, but baseball was my first love. My son, Fisk sulTered a broken arm and Bob place Eastern Division finish. dad was a pretty good sandlot player, and my

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brother, Gerald, played in the Red Sox minor league system. When I was a youngster, Nashville was the Cincinnati Reds’ farm club in the Southern League, and I used to go to a lot of their games. I knew at an early age that baseball was the sport I wanted to pursue as a career.” Veteran Red Sox scout George Digby signed Monty in June of 1962 right after his high school graduation. The 18-year-old Montgomery reported to Glean, NY, where he played third base and batted a respectable .273. He didn’t know at the time, but he had embarked on a journey to the major leagues that would last for almost nine full seasons.

MINOR LEAGUE ODYSSEY Monty was promoted to Waterloo, lA, for the 1963 season. That year he received some advice that eventually paid off in a 10- year big league career. “Len Okrie was our manager, and he took me aside and said, Tf Receiving a helping hand from teammate , now a Red Sox coach. you want to make it to the majors, you’re going to have to make yourself into a catch¬ against the tough AAA In 1972 Carlton Fisk, the A.L. Rookie er. You don’t have the power to make it at the competition, he had moved within one rung of the Year, claimed the starting catching corner positions in the majors, but you could of his goal. The Red Sox sent him back to position, and Monty’s playing time fell to 24 make it as a catcher.’ Louisville for the 1970 season, and Monty games. Despite his diminished workload, he “Len had played in the majors as a catch¬ demonstrated that he was more than ready. continued to contribute to the team on and er, so I took his advice to heart. I played in a During this final season in the minor off the field. The BoSox Club recognized few games at catcher towards the end of the leagues, he appeared in 131 games, batted him as their Man of the Year in 1972 for his season, and I came back to Waterloo in 1964 .324, and slugged 14 home runs. After earn¬ “contributions to the team and his outstand¬ as a full-time catcher. I made the AlLStar ing recognition as an International League ing co-operation in community endeavors.” team that season, so I guess I made the right All-Star for two years running, Fenway Park In 1973 Monty continued his number- decision.” was clearly in his sights. two catching role and contributed to the Asked if it was difficult to make the tran¬ His outstanding play earned him a offense with a .320 batting average. This sition to catcher, Monty responds, “Not real¬ September call-up to the Red Sox. At age 26, year’s Baseball 2000 Preview Issue of Sports ly. It even gave me one advantage: I hadn’t with parts of nine minor league seasons Illustrated included an article entitled “What developed any bad habits over the years. I behind him, Bob Montgomery had finally is the Cushiest Job in Baseball?” spotlighting could concentrate on learning to do the right made it to the big leagues. And it was more backup catchers. The theme of the article is things in a professional situation. I took to it than a courtesy call. He appeared in 22 that the backup works only occasionally, has very quickly.” games and rapped out 14 base hits. a great seat for the ballgame, and is well-paid Over the next six seasons, he progressed Montgomery had begun a major league for his modest efforts. Bob Montgomery has steadily through the Red Sox minor league career that would last for the balance of the a very different perspective. system. But he had some formidable compe¬ decade. “The backup catcher has to be ready to tition in the Boston depth chart at catcher. In enter the game on a moment’s notice, addition to fellow Nashville native Bob BOSTON TRANSPLANT because the regular eatcher is always vulner¬ Tillman, the Red Sox had two fine young The 1971 season was his first full sea¬ able to injury. You have to be ready in case catchers in future big leaguers Mike Ryan son in the big leagues, and Monty made the you’re asked to pinch-hit, and you have to and Russ Gibson. most of it. Sharing the catching duties with help out warming up the pitchers if neces¬ “1 never thought about quitting. 1 had one Duane Josephson, he appeared in 67 games sary. When I was playing, I was focused on goal in mind: to play baseball at the big and established himself as a fine handler of every single pitch, even if 1 hadn’t played in league level. 1 stayed focused on that goal pitchers. The Red Sox finished third that a week.” and just moved a little closer every year.” year under Manager . Monty His perspective was validated in 1974 In 1969 he got into over 100 games at remembers Kasko warmly. “Eddie Kasko when Fisk was injured in a home-plate colli¬ catcher for the Red Sox top minor league was a terrific baseball man and a really good sion in Cleveland and Monty took over as team in Louisville, KY. Batting a solid .292 guy to play for.” the regular catcher. With Montgomery

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behind the plate, the team was in first place games that season. Monty remembers 1975 The 1976 season was a disappointing as late as September 9. The Red Sox ended as a year with many highlights. one for the Red Sox and for Bob personally. up in third place, but their late-season victo¬ “Everyone talks about the Fisk home run The team fell out of contention early in the ries over the Yankees allowed the Baltimore in Game 6 of the ’75 Series, and with good season, and third base coach Orioles to squeak by the New Yorkers. reason. But the performance that stands out was tapped to replace as Monty played in 88 games that season. He in my mind is Luis Tiant in Game 4 in manager in mid-season. Monty’s playing had found himself a home. Cincinnati. We had lost two in a row and we time was cut in half and the team finished “It was around then that I started to had to win Game 4 to stand a chance. Luis in third place, 14 games off the Yankees’ think of Boston as home. 1 bought a place in threw 163 pitches and simply refused to let division-leading pace. Dedham and began to spend a good part of the Reds beat us. To me that was as great an “It was just one of those years,” Monty the year around the area.” effort as I’ve ever seen on a baseball dia¬ remembers. “It seemed like everything that mond.” could go wrong did go wrong. There was 1975 AND BEYOND Asked to name the best pitcher he ever nothing memorable about that season at all.” Monty performed yeoman duty as the handled, Monty quickly responds, “Luis In 1977, Zimmer’s first full season as regular Red Sox eatcher during the first two Tiant.” Asked to name the most difficult manager, the Red Sox improved to 97 wins, months of the 1975 season. He delivered the pitcher he ever caught, he is just as quick to just three games behind the Yankees. Bob winning RBI in four of the Red Sox’ first 11 respond, “Luis Tiant.” Explaining this seem¬ Montgomery saw limited playing time, but victories in the early going. “I knew my lim¬ ing contradiction, he adds, “Luis was such a made the most of it with a .300 batting average. itations and I stayed within myself. I did great craftsman and a terrific competitor that The 1978 season was one that Monty have a knack for putting the ball in play, and he was clearly the best. But for the same rea¬ remembers vividly. “Now that was a memo¬ during those first few weeks I was fortunate son that he was difficult for hitters, he was rable season. Of course, we had that big lead to come up with some key hits,” is his expla¬ difficult to catch. He would hide the ball over the Yankees, and then they came in over nation for his clutch hitting. from the hitters until the very last second, the Labor Day weekend and swept us four He jumped back into the breach in and they had trouble picking up the pitch. straight. I didn’t coin the phrase, but the best August when Fisk was out with a split finger, Well remember, it was just as difficult for the description was a first-place team, the Red and he also filled in at first base for six catcher to pick up Luis’ pitch coming in!” Sox, chasing a second-place team, the Yankees. Those two teams were so evenly matched that you knew it would come down to the wire. We really felt we were going to beat them in that one-game playoff, and we Present this ad and Receive were pretty certain that whoever won that

ytresfone game would almost certainly go on to win COMNECnC^I the World Series.” Montgomery enjoyed playing for Zimmer. “Zim was a guy who was willing to take a calculated risk. I remember one time I Firestone Bridgestone was batting in Chicago with one out, the Tires! count 3-1, and the bases loaded. I looked down for the sign, and the hit-and-run was on. I was so surprised, I had to step out of the box and take another look. I singled through the infield and brought three runners home. m Zim said to me later, T always wanted to try All Automotive that play.’ Of course I was a contact hitter so Service! he was pretty confident I would find a hole in Your One Stop • Full Service Store the infield.” Montgomery’s final year with the Red • on Change & Filter • TUnc-up • Alignment Sox came in 1979. “That was a frustrating • Tire Mounting • • Belts & Hoses year for me. We played a game in Cleveland • Tire Balancing • Brake Service • Shocks & Struts in early April where the temperature dropped below freezing. The next morning I couldn’t • Safety Inspection (CVI) • Radiator Service • Transmission even raise my arm far enough to brush my FIRESTONE TIRE & SERVICE CENTERS THESE STORES OPEN SUNDAYS 9:00-5:00 Jj hair. I had to go on the disabled list. That was BOSTON HINOHAM REVERE WILMINGTON PAWTUCKET AUBURN FAU RIVER SEEKONK NASHUA L PROVIDENCE l72CQm«nr«Mt)Nt N0ff)QM ShOepTQ Ct 496UwSlrw( 270 Broathnay I 450Soun)n0geSL 746 Pleasant SvnI AmirtepeBaza 475Amherst Streel SlOTamtAkie the only injury I ever had as a player.” |lt7)Z7744M (7t1)74M4S4 (7l1)2n-3720 (978) 658-5660 (401)722-0530 1 (500)832-9671 (506)676^ (501)336^6 (603)806-1744 (401)438-2180

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knew that his career was wind¬ you either.” His self-assessment ing down. He went to spring is too modest by far. He was training with the Red Sox in probably the premier backup 1980 and played well at times, catcher in the major leagues but approaching age 36, he knew throughout the ’70s, and he his big league career was over. made a significant contribution to the great Red Sox season of RECENT YEARS 1975. Red Sox fans remember “After 1 retired from base¬ him fondly for his steady play ball, I went into broadcasting. 1 with the team and for his enjoy¬ was on a sports talk radio show able commentary in the broad¬ with Clif Keane and Larry cast booth. ■ Claflin for awhile. And 1 used to sit in the stands at Red Sox home Watch for the June edition of games and practice doing the color on the Today Monty is in sales with Unison in RED SOX Magazine for ADOPTED SONS games. 1 used to sit there with a tape Boston. The state-of-the-art signage in the OF NEW ENGLAND’S TEAM, featuring recorder just as if I was on live.” Fleet Center is an example of the company’s former Red Sox outfield great . In 1982 Monty was hired by Channel products. “It is a real change in focus for me. 38 to do the color for their Red Sox telecasts. I learn something new every day. It reminds It was an association that would last through me of baseball in that way.” Herb Crehan is the author of LIGHTNING 14 seasons. Red Sox fans remember his Monty now lives in Saugus with his IN A BOTTLE: The Sox of ’67 (Branden insightful observations and comments on the wife, Ann, and teenage daughter, Loren. His Publishing: Boston, MA, 1992) and a resi¬ game within the game. fatherly pride is evident as he describes dent of Natick, MA. He writes extensively “1 felt that as a former catcher I gave Loren’s athletic prowess and the scholarship on baseball and its history for newspapers the fans a sense of what goes on between the she has been offered by Quinnipiac College and periodicals throughout New England. pitcher and the catcher. 1 think 1 helped fans in Connecticut. He is considered to be one of He is the Managing Director of Crehan & to anticipate certain situations and to under¬ the Red Sox better golfers over the years, Associates, and an adjunct member of the stand a lot of the thinking that goes into and he is a serious model train buff. faculty of Bentley College. making decisions.” His television role came He sums up his career this way: “I was to a close when Channel 38 ended their Red what they call a 50/50 player. That is, I Sox telecasts after the 1995 season. didn’t help you an awful lot, but I didn’t hurt

^ C ^ • Relatives WHO PLAYED FOR THE Red Sox r-© BROTHERS WHO PLAYED FOR THE RED SOX Brothers Pedro and Ramon Martinez on the 2000 Red Sox Combinations Positions Years Barrett, Marty 2B 1982-90 M Barrett, Tommy 2B 1992 Sadowski, Ed C 1960 Carlyle, Roy OF 1925-26 Sadowski, Bob RHP 1966 Carlyle, Cleo OF 1927 Conigliaro, Tony OF, DH 1964-67, 1969-70, FATHERS/SONS WHO PLAYED FOR THE RED 1975 Combinations Positions Years Conigliaro, Billy OF 1969-71 Connolly, Sr., Ed C 1929-32 Ferrell, Rick C 1933-37 Connolly, Jr., Ed LHP 1964 Ferrell, Wes RHP 1934-37 Ripley, Walt RHP 1935 Gaston, Alex C 1926, 1929 Ripley, Allen RHP 1978-79 Gaston, Milt RHP 1929-31 Wood, Smoky Joe RHP 1908-15 Heving, Johnnie C 1924-25, 1928-30 Wood, Joe RHP 1944 Heving, Joe RHP 1938-40 Hughes, Long Tom RHP 1902-03 GRANDFATHER/GRANDSON WHO PLAYED F( Hughes, Ed RHP 1905-06 THE RED SOX Johnson, Roy OF 1932-35 Combinations Positions Years Johnson, Bob OF 1944-45 Collins, John "Shano" OF 1921-25 Martinez, Pedro RHP 1998- Gallagher, Bob PH-PR 1972 Martinez, Ramon RHP 1999-

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Many of today’s younger Red Sox fans know little about slugger Jackie Jensen, but for older fans, his name evokes strong memories of his clutch hitting when he batted in the cleanup spot for Boston behind Ted lACKlt ItNSlN HT: 5'U" loRN base?' Williams from 1954 through 1959. purchased the out¬ Xf cSvSTAL BAY, NEV.

,. 1 in 1958, lackie fielder from the Washington Senators for pitcher “Mickey” McDermott and outfielder trippers a^ Tom Umphlett before the 1954 season, and the Red Sox owner’s best hopes were quick¬ 68 R.B.I.’s at home. ly fulfilled. Jensen’s right-handed batting power matched well with Fenway Park’s Green Monster; it was a much better fit than Jackie playing half of his games in cavernous Griffith Stadium.

Jensen, referred to by some as the ing his role as heir apparent to Joe “Golden Boy,” had starred as a pitcher and DiMaggio as the Yankee centerfielder. than enlarge the strike zone. As outfielder in college baseball, and college Jackie was in the Senators’ regular lineup as Senators’ manager Chuck Dressen said, football’s Rose Bowl as a running back for an outfielder in 1952 and 1953. “This put a lot of pressure on Jackie, but he the University of California-Berkeley in Red Sox fans were in for a real treat responded well. He was the bellwether of 1948. He was an “All-American” in both watching the one-two punch of Williams the Red Sox club.” sports. Major and and Jensen beginning in 1954. Ted had Jensen was not only an outstanding scouts had such a strong interest in Jack’s more than his share of injuries from 1954 batsman, but he was better than average in talent that he decided to forego his senior through 1959, but his on-base percentage baserunning and fielding. Managers were year of college. Jackie pointed to the fact was about .500. He led the American not using the stolen base in the 1950s as that baseball, on average, was more often League in batting in 1957 and 1958, and much as in some other eras, but Jensen had injury-free and likely to result in a longer pitchers often pitched around Ted, rather 96 steals in seven years with the Red Sox playing career; he signed his first profes¬ and led the league with 22 in 1954. He also sional contract with the AAA Oakland Oaks led the league in triples with 11 in 1956. club in the for a Jack had a strong throwing arm; in high healthy bonus of $40,000 in 1949. After the school and college he had been a pitcher. 1949 season, the pur¬ Jensen recalled, “When 1 was a kid in chased Jensen and second baseman Billy Oakland, CA, 1 was always throwing rocks Martin from Oakland for $75,000. at cans in somebody’s backyard.” In 1959 Then it was a matter of Jackie finding Jensen won the Rawlings Gold Glove for the his best fit team-wise in a major league uni¬ best fielding A.L. rightfielder (the Gold form. Jensen had one small window of Glove Awards started in 1957 so they didn’t opportunity to play outfield regularly in exist for the early part of Jackie’s career). 1952 for Casey Stengel’s Yankees before But Jensen is always remembered best being platooned, a strategy Stengel used fre¬ for his hitting. Jack placed third in runs bat¬ quently during his years as the Yankee man¬ ted in, in 1954 with 117, tied for the league ager. Jensen objected to the platooning, and lead in 1955 with 116, tied for third in the Stengel obliged by trading Jackie within a league with 103 in 1957, and led the A.L. few days to the Senators early in the 1952 with 122 in 1958 and 112 in 1959. In fact, season. Meanwhile, young switch-hitting over that six-year stretch (1954-59), Jackie blossomed in 1952, cement¬ V had more RBI (667) than any other major Red Sox Magazine I 51 Help Raise $3,000,000 for The Jimmy Fund

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leaguer, thus surpassing such sluggers as oped an intense dis¬ Mantle, Williams, , Hank like for flying, and at Aaron, Eddie Mathews and . times it was more Only Williams and Jimmie Foxx had more along the lines of a RBI over a consecutive six-year period of phobia of air travel. playing time in a Red Sox uniform. Often he traveled sep¬ The Red Sox did not finish as high as arately from the team second place during Jackie’s peak years with by train on road trips. the club, probably because the team’s pitch¬ Given these fac¬ ing was never quite strong enough. The tors, it’s amazing that club’s hurlers had good individual perform¬ Jackie performed as ances from year to year, but never enough well as he did on the peak performances by enough different playing field. Jensen pitchers in the same year. said at times, “It Jackie’s top batting season with the Red (playing baseball) Sox was 1958. By July 12 he was hitting doesn’t represent the .319, and leading both leagues in homers kind of life I want for Jensen (far right) with teammates Cari Yastrzemski and Gary (26) and runs batted in (76). He was on a my wife and chil¬ Geiger in 1961. pace to drive home 130 to 140 runs for the dren, being away from home seven months a to begin. It was a sad day for many Red Sox season. Even Yankee manager Stengel year.” To various degrees, this is a frequent fans. The Red Sox offered Jackie a “nice admitted in his own way that his club made lament of professional athletes, but in raise” beyond his $39,000 salary, but to no a mistake by not keeping the Red Sox slug¬ Jackie’s case it was especially strong avail. Jensen said that he hoped he hadn’t ger years earlier and remarked early in the because his father left home when he was a left the Red Sox too much in the lurch while 1958 season, “Jensen is a Yankee after all.” young boy. Jensen cherished the family unit. remarking: “I felt I had three more good Although his pace slowed somewhat after Jensen was rumored to be considering years [left] in baseball [had he not retired], at mid-season, Jensen finished with 35 homers, retirement following the 1959 season in early least at my present capabilities.” He was a career-high and fifth best in the league and August, prompting meetings first with probably right, had he played continually for led the league with a career high in RBI General Manager and then with the club. Jackie’s inactive status as a Red (122). Jackie was the overwhelming choice owner Yawkey. Red Sox fans held their Sox player made it a tease to watch him as the league’s 1958 Most Valuable Player. breath in the hope that Jensen would change clout home runs in a Red Sox uniform on Jensen had his occasional hecklers in the his mind and return for the 1960 season. Bob “Home Run Derby.” right-field stands of Fenway Park, but over Holbrook of said as much However, Jack changed his mind after the years he was generally a fan favorite in in a mid-September article: “fnany a baseball sitting out the 1960 season and played again Boston. His popularity soared in 1958 and fan shudders at the thought of a healthy, com¬ for Boston in 1961. He played well, at 1959 when young boys sorted feverishly petent Jensen hiding in the hills of Nevada times, but not consistently to the extent of through new packs of Topps bubble gum when he could be adding flavor to the his past Red Sox seasons. The year layoff baseball cards to find a Jackie Jensen card. American League.” was probably the chief culprit behind his Despite his outstanding playing ability, While Jensen mulled over his playing sta¬ sub-par performance. Jackie played in 137 Jackie had great difficulty enjoying his status tus for 1960, he was invited with 18 other games, batting .263 with 13 homers and 66 as a star major leaguer. He often debated sluggers from both major leagues to partici¬ RBI. Jensen’s former Red Sox teammate, within himself the merits of continuing to pate in a TV series special called “Home Run pitcher , and former opponent play baseball vs. the Derby.” The actual home run hitting contests both agreed recently in separate option of retiring as a telephone interviews that had Jensen been Jackie Jensen between two players at a time occurred in player so he could December 1959 at Wrigley Field in Los able to perform as a player longer, he might spend more time with Angeles, and were shown on television have been able to attain Hall of Famer status. his wife and children. nationwide during the spring/summer of Despite his shortened playing career, Jackie Jensen also devel¬ 1960. Jensen lost to Mantle, 9 to 2; Jensen remains one of the most important beat Banks, 14 to 11, and Rocky run producers in Red Sox history.

US' IlOO WOS On May 18, 2000 he will be inducted more 'W" ‘TT Colavito, 3 to 2, and then lost to Mantle, 13 to 10, in a seesaw final into the Red Sox Hall of Fame - a much- on the show. Jensen’s earnings of deserved honor. ■ $8,500 were the third highest. Jensen notified Harris on Mark Millikin is the author of the biography, January 26, 1960 that he was Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville." He retiring officially, just a few lives in Chesapeake Beach, MD but lived in weeks before spring training was Randolph, MA during Jensens Red Sox years.

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