I'm currently watching Game 6 of the 1975 World Series - the classic between the Reds and the Red Sox.  For a guy who was born in 1977 and grew up a Sox fan, I've of course heard and read all about the 75 season and the World Series.  And of course if you tune into ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, Joe Morgan will remind you every 10 minutes that he played in it as part of the "Big Red Machine."

But until today, I'd never had a chance to watch this classic (by the way, is there much better than a lazy Saturday on the couch in the late spring watching baseball?  OK, maybe March Madness, the playoffs, etc., but you know what I'm saying).

As I write this, Pete Rose just got was ruled to be hit by a pitch in the top of the 11th and Carlton Fisk erupted behind the plate.  It actually follows earlier in the game Johnny Bench turning around to give the ump a few choice words when he didn't get a called third strike.  I wonder if umps had a little more leniency back then.

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