AMESBURY and mdash; In October 1946, Sammy Howard of Newburyport stood in line for tickets to Boston's first World Series in 28 years. According to an Oct. 9, 1946, article in the Desert News, 40,000 people went to Fenway that night to see the pitching matchup of the Boston's Dave "Boo" Ferriss and the St. Louis Cardinals' Murry Dickson, and after waiting in line for two nights, Howard, who was ...
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