The Boston Globe, October 4th, 1987
Martin F. Nolan is editor of the Globe's editorial page. Long ago, when spring hoped eternal, I bought tickets for today's game at Fenway Park. It is the last regular-season game, not including -- rueful chuckle -- the playoffs or the World Series. Red Sox vs. Milwaukee is still superior to the season-opener of the USFL. Once I passed up a season-closer -- Sept. 28, 1960 -- and was scooped by John Updike, who wrote "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" for The New Yorker and for the ages. On that chilly day, 10,454 showed up to see Ted Williams in his final at-bat, a homer. Jackie Jensen, MVP in '58, had q...
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