Fred Lynn

JULY 7, 1975

In this 1975 SI Classic, Cincinnati wins a World Series best remembered for Boston's dramatic Game 6 victory

It was before seven on a crystalline autumn morning when Rick Burleson left his home in Acton, Mass., and simply drove around. "I felt like I had ulcers,' " the Boston Red Sox shortstop said later. A few days earlier...

WHY THEY INVENTED THE DH

IN 1987, THE ORIOLES DECIDED TO CHANGE "THE HAT WITH THE FUNNY LITTLE DUCK HEAD ON IT," AS FRED LYNN CALLED IT. AN ARTIST WAS COMMISSIONED AND, AFTER MODIFICATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE EXPERTS AT THE BALTIMORE ZOO, AN...