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Article: Chance to see her Sox is a gift for dying fan.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 25, 2004
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Byline: Joe Posnanski
BOSTON _ Loretta Kowal wore a green Boston Red Sox cap as she sat in the right-field stands at Fenway Park. The cap was green because she was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1941. It was a Red Sox cap because she was born in Boston.
"This whole city is going berserk," she said. "My gosh, you go around the city, and you see nobody slept, nobody can think, everybody's got dark circles under their eyes, everybody's distracted, nobody can do their jobs. It's wonderful."
A cold mist dusted Fenway Park Sunday for game two of the World Series, and Loretta wore precisely the same heavy bundle of clothes she had worn the night ...