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What I’ll remember most about this game is the interminably long review that ended with the incorrect outcome. The umpires at the MLB headquarters took so long Duran Duran’s “Is There Something I Should Know?” played twice while they reviewed whether or not Mookie Betts’s throw to Daniel Nava pulled the first baseman off the bag in the seventh inning. I know you’re watching me every minute of the day, yeah I’ve seen the signs and the looks and the pictures that give your game away, yeah Your browser does not support iframes. NESN showed the play from multiple angles and it seemed clear that Caleb Joseph was out to complete the 5-4-3 double play. Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy were shocked when crew chief Dana DeMuth removed his headphones and signaled that Joseph was safe. Jonathan Schoop followed by grounding into a force play at second so the missed call didn’t impact the game. The Red Sox beat the Orioles in this meaningless series. If only there were more of such wins earlier this season, then Boston fans could be celebrating like these Baltimore devotees. This fan went so far as to make a mascot costume and wear it...
Game 108: August 2, 2007 Orioles 4 L: Rob Bell (3-2) 50-57, 2 game losing streak14-19-2 series record Red Sox 7 W: Tim Wakefield (13-9) 66-42, 2 game winning streak23-9-4 series record Highlights: A day game, a knuckleballer, a tribute to a Hall of Famer. Yesterday was redolent of old-time baseball. Even the voices of Joe Castiglione and Dave O’Brien (not Glenn Geffner, thankfully) were reminiscent of a bygone time... even though I was listening to them via streaming audio over the internet. Robert “Bobby” Pershing Doerr was driven to the pole named after his friend, Johnny Pesky, who was also in the vintage Cadillac whose color echoed the walls of Fenway. Dom DiMaggio and Dave Boo Ferris rounded out the quartet, gathered together to remember the good old days. Doerr autographed the pole and the car trundled towards the mound for him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. It was just 60 years ago that the first Bobby Doerr Day was celebrated. Fittingly just a few days after the weekend after the induction of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr. another Hall of Famer was honored. A new generation of fans could gaze upon Doerr, who wore...
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Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library’s Sports Temples of Boston.