Source: http://ift.tt/1lL6Umd --- Saturday, April 29, 2017
(Paul Mirengoff) To Baseball fans of a certain age, 1967 will also be remembered for “The Impossible Dream” — the rise of the Boston Red Sox from ninth place in 1966 to first place the following season. In late April, though, I doubt anyone was having that dream. More likely, Boston’s most optimistic fans were just hoping to beat out the two doormat teams that had finished ahead of them in ’66 — Kansas City and Washington — and to again outdo the New York Yankees, improbable last place finishers that season. The Sox had plenty of young talent. However, participation in a pennant race, if in the cards at all, surely would have to wait a few years. When Kansas City rolled into Boston for the last series in April, the Red Sox were 6-5 under rookie manager Dick Williams. On Friday night, their ace — Jim Lonborg, who had just turned 25 — outpitched future Hall of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter — who had just turned 23 — in a 3-0 victory. Saturday’s game, played on April 29, featured two more young and promising starters — rookie Bill Rohr (age 21) for Boston and John “Blue Moon” Odom (age 22) for K.C.. This would be Rohr’s third big league start. In his previous two, he had given up just one run in 18 innings. Odom hadn’t started the season well, but had posted a 2.49 the previous year in 14 starts. This game would be no starting pitchers duel, though. Boston touched up Odom for two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Tony Conigliaro ...
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