Last Night, I Viewed The Special "Impossible To Forget" @ Professor Thom's

Ahhh, 1967, "The Summer Of Love", & The Birth Of Red Sox Nation! It was the Time Of "The Revolution", which was the start of "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N Roll":

& then, there was a team, who could capture the Hearts & Minds of many a Baseball Fan. In a sense, they were "America's Team", like the Brooklyn Dodgers before them;

They, too, wore a "B" on their Caps. The "B" is Red & stands for, to this day, The Boston Red Sox;

George Scott(Not The Actor) was at 1st Base. Rico Petrocelli was Shortstop(& from BROOKLYN, NY). The Kid from Revere was Rightfielder, Tony Conigliaro. In LF was Carl Yastremski from the East End of Long Island. The 3rd Baseman was Joe Foy, originally from The Bronx. That team had 3 Local Regulars, from Long Island & The Bronx;

I remembered from a next door neighbor, who told me this, that as a Mets Fan, there's an American League Team, you can proudly root for & that team is The Boston Red Sox, so I come from that Summer. Over in Shea Stadium, a new kid had come up as a pitcher, from Fresno, CA. Today, he's a Hall Of Famer with over 300 Victories, by the name of Tom Seaver;

When Tony C, got beaned, helmets did NOT have the Protective Flap, which they do, today;

There were NO Cell Phone Users. It was mentioned that Baseball on the radio, was special. I prefer to listen to radio, even today, via MLB Audio, to hear O'Brien & Castiglione, call Red Sox Games, like I'll listen to Howie Rose & Tom Mc Carthy on Mets Radio on WFAN-660-NY;

In Regards to "The Rivalry" with the NY Yankees, Yankee Stadium in the 1960s', did NOT draw great, massive crowds, unlike today. I remember one such Red Sox Doubleheader, where there was only 20K in the stands. The Biggest Act was a dude, who stacked up empty beer cups, to stretch up to the top of the Stadium's 3rd Level, only for all the cups to come tumbling down;

Any sense of that Rivalry, came back to life at Shea Stadium, in the years that Yankee Stadium, was being rebuilt, in '74-'75;

It was in '97, when I moved firmly into The Red Sox Camp, by going to Fenway Park, For Tigers vs Sawx,in June, on the 28th;

Next Friday, I'll be watching in Box 90, by Grandstand 4, by Pesky's Pole. Let's Hope for a "Happy Recap", as one Red Sox Radio TV Guy, from the '50s, who later did 42 Seasons from The Polo Grounds & Shea Stadium, used to put it;

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