AS FANS GATHER AT FENWAY, SO DO GRIM MEMORIES OF '78

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: September 16, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

In September 1978, Anastasio Somoza ruled Nicaragua, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi ruled Iran, Michael S. Dukakis ruled Massachusetts and the Red Sox ruled the American League East.

Then the New York Yankees came to town.

Today they call it the Second Boston Massacre. No one claims the four-game bludgeoning at Fenway Park was linked to subsequent political upheavals. But fear of upheaval on the diamond persists, with the Yankees back and the standings looking very similar to those of a decade ago.

"The Yankees don't ever just come to town. They invade," Stephen McCarthy of South Boston ...

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