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How the Flop Sox saved baseball in New England

May 5, 2017Home1967, 50th anniversary, baseball, impossible dream, red sox, rico petrocelli

By Troy R. Bennett

Former Boston Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli waves to the crowd at Hadlock Field in Portland on Thursday night after throwing out the first pitch. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Sox's '67 "Impossible Dream" team. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

Boston sports were different then. There was no Red Sox Nation. The Patriots were a sideshow act in a soon-to-be-defunct league.