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I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday......40 Years Later

Posted on 08/18/2007 05:00:20 | Link | Post Comment

He was one of "ours". Home grown. The Impossible Dream.

Conigliaro was not just a good Red Sox player. He was family. He was living the ultimate dream of every baseball-loving kid in Greater Boston. He had gone from St. Mary's of Lynn to the Red Sox system and then to the big club, where, while still living in his Swampscott home, he hit .290 with 24 homers and 52 RBIs in 111 games as a 19-year-old rookie in 1964. A year later, he became the youngest home run champ in American League history. He had already become the youngest player to reach 100 career home runs, and now, on this perfect summer evening August 18th, 1967, his 20 homers and 67 RBIs had been instrumental in making the Red Sox legitimate contenders.

Many years later, in San Francisco, we met and shared a drink. He was lonely and homesick. Shortly thereafter, he left his job at channel 4 and returned home. He suffered a massive stroke and eventually died. But, his memory will not...........

Read: A hometown hero's fall still echoes after 40 years from BDC with pictures and interviews from those who knew him and from former players.

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