THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ...
"THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"
August
7, 1967 ... No
game scheduled ... Jim Lonborg (15-5), on army reserve duty in Atlanta, wired Dick
Williams that he will be available for his next start in Kansas City.
Commonwealth Stadium Associates proposed the Dedham-Needham area as a
site for a new 55,000 seat domed stadium, with winter dog racing to
take place indoors. The state would build some $2 million worth
of highway from the I-95 extension to Providence. The city would
build an MBTA rapid transit station. Mayor Collins favors a proposal
to build a stadium in South Station. |