Baseball: Bring On The Monster

It is late in the ball game, and the Boston Red Sox are clinging to a one-run lead. But the Red Sox pitcher is tiring fast. He throws. Ball one. Another pitch, another ball — and another. The murmur starts in the box seats behind the Boston dugout. Swiftly it spreads through the grandstand and bleachers, picking up cadence, cresting in volume, until all Fenway Park is chanting in unison: "We want The Monster! We want The Monster! We want The Monster!" Manager Johnny Pesky obediently trots out and lifts one hand...