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HISTORY LESSON
On this date in 1986 ...
I Bruce Hurst’s com-
plete game gives the Red
Sox a 4-2 win and 3-2 lead
in the World Series against
the New York Mets. Hurst
scatters 10 hits with one
walk and six strikeouts.
POP QUIZ
I 1. The St. Louis Rams
franchise originated in what
city?
I 2. The Rams franchise
has retired the numbers of
eight of its former players.
How many can you name?
I 3. Whom did the Rams
beat in the Super Bowl on
Jan. 30, 2000?
I 4. Who was the coach
of the Rams team that lost
to the Patriots in the Super
Bowl on Feb. 2, 2002?
Answers on Page 18
TAKE OUR POLL
I Does new manager
John Farrell have what it
takes to turn the Red Sox
into a contender again? To
cast your vote, go to En-
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click on sports.
Yes, he does
No, not with these play-
ers
THE ODDS ARE ...
I Despite a 1-6 record,
Boston College has been
installed as a one-point fa-
vorite over Maryland (4-3)
for Saturday’s game in
Chestnut Hill. Meanwhile,
UMass and Notre Dame
are underdogs for their
road games.
Favorite Line ’Dog
BC 1 Maryland
Vanderbilt 32 UMass
Oklahoma 91
/2 Notre Dame
For now, a returning hero
Farrell hiring already
hailed by Sox players
as welcome news
N
o sooner had the announce-
ment of John Farrell’s hiring as
Red Sox manager been made
public than Jon Lester tweeted
his pleasure. Since then, others have
weighed in, including Dustin Pedroia
and David Ortiz, and if you can make
those three veterans happy, then you’re
probably doing something right. Next
thing you know, Josh Beckett will want
to return.
Perhaps it’s just relief at having a
manager who isn’t Bobby Valentine, but
even younger members of the club seem
to be all in on the old/new guy. Consider
this from Will Middlebrooks, whose on-
ly sighting of Farrell was probably from
a fringe spring training field a couple of
years ago: “Welcome back to Boston
John!” he tweeted. “The 2013 season
can’t come soon enough.”
Note that both Lester and Middle-
brooks made liberal use of exclamation
points in their welcome messages.
Farrell’s hiring seems to have
buoyed spirits all around Fenway Park.
GM Ben Cherington is particularly
pleased given that he can now move on
with the business of rebuilding his un-
derachieving ballclub. Most of what
Cherington did last fall dealt with a
managerial search.
He will have spent about seven
weeks less doing the same this fall,
along with having to come up with a
compensation package for the Jays. That
turned out to be a pretty good guy to
have around in Mike Aviles. The Sox
will also pick up fringe pitcher David
Carpenter.
After the Valentine era ended a cou-
ple of weeks ago, almost any name
thrown out there on the managerial list
was going to come off as a sound alter-
native, but Farrell was always at the top
of Cherington’s list.
It’s easy to see why.
He’s big, handsome, articulate, au-
BASEBALL
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MIKE FINE
Making
Hay on
court
Holbrook High
ace from service
line has perfect
touch for Bulldogs
By Michael Flanagan
THE PATRIOT LEDGER
H
OLBROOK – A rare
off-night in a 3-0 loss
to Notre Dame on Oct.
12 sent Holbrook out-
side hitter Ari Hay into a prac-
ticing frenzy.
“I missed probably six or
seven serves in that game,” she
recalled. “I don’t think I’ve ev-
er missed that many serves in a
game.”
So Hay, who last week was
leading the state in aces with
105 (2.4
per game),
spent the
day before
Tuesday’s
win over
Upper
Cape refin-
ing her al-
ready near-
unstoppable serve.
“I couldn’t not,” she said.
The direct result was the
first perfect game of Hay’s il-
lustrious, five-year varsity ca-
reer.
The senior racked up 25
straight service points – 11 of
them aces – in a 25-0 blud-
geoning in Game 1 of the 3-0
road win.
“I knew that I needed to
serve well – not even get to 25,
but just to serve well,” said
Hay. “I was awesome. I’ve
been kind of working on this
for three years now.”
Indeed, Hay has brushed
with perfection at times during
each of the past two seasons.
She rattled off a run of 20
consecutive service points dur-
ing her sophomore year in
2010. Last year, she got up to
22.
“She’s been at the top of
her game with serving for quite
a few years now,” said coach
PAYBACK PITCHEast Bridgewater boys
avenge loss to regain
share of league lead
By Mark Ducharme
ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
EAST BRIDGEWATER – There was
plenty of incentive
for the East
Bridgewater High
boys soccer team on Monday.
The Vikings were not only looking to
pay back Monomoy for one of the two loss-
es they have been dealt this season, but also
were also gunning to regain a share of first
place in the South Shore League with a
win.
East Bridgewater accomplished both
with a 4-2 win at home, pulling back even
with Mashpee atop the South Shore
League standings.
“We played these guys down in Har-
wich and we lost, 3-2,” said East Bridgewa-
ter High coach Bill Silva. “They truly out-
played us in that game, so it was nice to
have that strong start in the first half to-
day.”
The Vikings had lost at Mashpee, 2-0,
last Tuesday, but were dealt a second
chance for the league’s top spot when
Abington then beat Mashpee.
“We found out last night Mashpee lost
at Abington and that would be motivation
for us that the league (title) was still in
LONDON’S
CALLING
PATRIOTS
AGAIN
Team preparing to
return to Wembley
Stadium for midseason
game against Rams
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I The Patriots
cheerleaders will get
another taste of London.
EAST BRIDGEWATER 4
MONOMOY 2
By Glen Farley
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
FOXBORO – As the Patriots’ play-
er representative, Matthew Slater may
want to consider petitioning the union.
“I wish,” Slater joked recently, “I
could get some frequent-flyer miles.”
If he could, the Patriots’ special
teams captain would be padding his
figures by more than 3,200 in the days
ahead.
London’s calling.
The long trip to England is making
for a short week in New England.
“We’ve really tried to turn the page
on this pretty quickly,” Patriots head
coach Bill Belichick said during a con-
ference call on Monday, reflecting on
New York Jets at Gillette Stadium.
“(We’ve) already really started our
prepara-
tions for the
Rams.
“This is
going to be
a short
week here.
We want to
get on them
as soon as
possible.”
It is a
trip the Pa-
triots have
made be-
fore, the team traveling to Wembley
35-7 rout of the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers in a game that saw Tom Brady
throw for 308 yards and three touch-
downs, 10 passes for 107 yards and
one TD going to Wes Welker.
As they were in that game, the Pa-
triots will be the visiting team for Sun-
day’s game with St. Louis.
Naturally, the length of this week’s
trip has prompted alterations in the Pa-
triots’ schedule beginning with their
flight across the pond following prac-
tice in Foxboro on Thursday. The team
is scheduled to land in at 7:05 a.m. Fri-
day (London time).
Less than two hours after landing,
Belichick is scheduled to meet with the
media at the team hotel, followed by
LONDON/PAGE 16
HERO/PAGE 16
EMILY J. REYNOLDS/THE ENTERPRISE
I East Bridgewater High’s Eric Hunter, left, knocks down the ball in front of a Monomoy player during their game in East
Bridgewater on Monday.
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Ari Hay