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Sun Aug 7, 2022, 10:17 PM Aug 2022

40 years later, a look back at the day Jim Rice saved a boy's life at Fenway Park

“If it was your kid, what would you do?”

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2022/08/07/jim-rice-saves-life-jonathan-keane-fenway-park-forty-years-anniversary/

I had forgotten about this, but that's because Jim Rice never made sure I remembered. A class act - on the field and off.

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40 years later, a look back at the day Jim Rice saved a boy's life at Fenway Park (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 OP
Cool story. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2022 #1
Says a lot about Jim Rice's character. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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2. Says a lot about Jim Rice's character.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 12:25 AM
Aug 2022

Back in the mid-70s, Rice, Lynn, and Evans became the Red Sox outfield....and it was a beautiful thing. Evans, pure D; Lynn, pure hitter; Rice, pure power. A humble man, if I've ever seen one. Been on NESN since retiring.....25 years?

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