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Article: EVERYBODY'S PITCHING IN FOR RED SOX
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 27, 1990
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TORONTO - Roger Clemens, we expect, implore and sometimes even
command to do what he did.
But Dana Kiecker? Greg Harris? And since when did Jeff Gray,
whom the Phillies did not even think worthy of pitching for
Scranton/Wilkes-Bar re, become the Bruce Sutter of the '90s by
finishing off shutouts with diabolical forkballs?
Be honest. Not if you lived long enough to receive a birthday
greeting from Willard Scott did you think you'd see your Boston Red
Sox win three straight games against their prime division rival by
World Cup-like scores of 2-0, 1-0 and 1-0. These are pennant-race
scores you associate with the '66 Orioles, the '63 Dodgers, or, if
you in fact are on deck for a televised ...