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    October 1, 1967 observations

    A AMEN! Kaat struck out 4 in 2 and 1/3 innings. I believe it was the only time he left a game with an injury in a 24 year career. His replacement was no slouch. Jim Perry was a career 215 game winner.The Sox scored off him, Ron Kline. and Yaz hit his 44th homer off Merritt. A three run shot.
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    October 1, 1967 observations

    A great day in Red Sox history. Red Sox 5 Twins 3 The starting pitchers Jim Lonborg vs Dean Chance. Chance last faced the Sox on August 6th. He pitched a rain shortened 5 inning perfect game.He went into the game with a 4-1 record 1.58 era vs the Sox in 67 . Lonborg had never beaten the Twins...
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    Dalton Jones remarkable last 6 weeks of the 1967 season

    Surprisingly Jose Santiago only started 11 games in 1967. Gary Waslewski started 8 games in 67. They started 3 games in the World Series. Some rotation!
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    Dalton Jones remarkable last 6 weeks of the 1967 season

    This was the second game of a doubleheader. I think Dick Williams was starting to wave the white flag .The score being 8-1 Williams decided to give some of the starters a break. He replaced Rico Pertrocelli after plate appearance in the fifth inning. Adair moved from 3rd to short and Jones...
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    Dalton Jones remarkable last 6 weeks of the 1967 season

    Dalton Jones name recently came up in a recent bar discussion. I remembered that he had a real good Sept. in 1967. I decided to look up his stats using Retrosheet.org play by play feature. I was shocked how productive he was the last 6 weeks of the 67 season. He batted .407 (24 for 59) from Aug...
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