You youngins missed a great one in the summer of 1967. My all time favorite baseball summer.
AL went down the stretch with a 4 team race including The Rush Chairman’s BOSOX who basically pulled off the worst to first move (actually 9th to 1st).
In what some refer to as the greatest individual stretch run where every hit was needed and every run was precious, the Great Yaz did the following in his last 12 games -
23-44
5 Home Runs
16 Runs Batted In.
Hard to believe teams just didn’t walk him but he was as good as any player has ever been in clutch games. He really was magnificent to watch.
For all that hard work, the Red Sox got the pleasure of facing Mr Gibson.
My favorite baseball summer in my life.
Following this brief and meaningless interlude, I now return you to your regular program.
AL went down the stretch with a 4 team race including The Rush Chairman’s BOSOX who basically pulled off the worst to first move (actually 9th to 1st).
In what some refer to as the greatest individual stretch run where every hit was needed and every run was precious, the Great Yaz did the following in his last 12 games -
23-44
5 Home Runs
16 Runs Batted In.
Hard to believe teams just didn’t walk him but he was as good as any player has ever been in clutch games. He really was magnificent to watch.
For all that hard work, the Red Sox got the pleasure of facing Mr Gibson.
My favorite baseball summer in my life.
Following this brief and meaningless interlude, I now return you to your regular program.