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A clutch hitter and a clutch fielder, Bobby Doerr could bunt and hit anywhere in the batting order, leading in the rbi column when he was forced to retire....

Monday 30 April 2012

Antics of a rabid fan. . .

I followed the stats on the Red Sox every day following every at bat and the change in the averages. I was known as a rabid Bobby Doerr fan and was once egged on by a high school chum that Bobby would not get five hits in the next day's game. The next morning came the news that Bobby had hit four for four, as five hits would have required extra innings. I was so ecstatic that I joyfully gave him a quarter to cover my bet. That was how rabid I was and when 36 years later Bobby went into the Hall, I was so ecstatic I thought I had gone into the Hall with him.