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Victorino's ALCS-clinching slam adds another chapter to Fenway lore

Bogaerts and Victorino are but two of the 13 players on the Red Sox's playoff roster who weren't here a year ago. Then again, no one was playing in Boston

Joe Lemire

Victorino's ALCS-clinching slam adds another chapter to Fenway lore
Victorino's ALCS-clinching slam adds another chapter to Fenway lore /
Shane Victorino's seventh-inning grand slam propelled Boston to its third World Series in 10 years.
Shane Victorino's seventh-inning grand slam propelled Boston to its third World Series in 10 years :: Charles Krupa/AP

Bogaerts and Victorino are but two of the 13 players on the Red Sox's playoff roster who weren't here a year ago. Then again, no one was playing in Boston last October, and before the season few outside the home clubhouse thought Fenway would be in use this month. Surely the Green Monster will soon have more stories to tell.

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Joe Lemire
JOE LEMIRE

Staff Writer, Sports Illustrated Staff writer Joe Lemire is in his seventh year at Sports Illustrated and his fourth season covering baseball full time. Lemire writes features and analysis for SI and SI.com and is responsible for the website's weekly MLB Power Rankings. He has profiled Pirates star Andrew McCutchen and Braves rookie sensation Evan Gattis for the magazine. Lemire's penchant for covering America's pastime is to be expected considering his inspirations, Tom Verducci and Peter Gammons, are among the most well-known writers in the sport. Before his current role, Lemire spent his first three years with SI oscillating between baseball, college basketball, high school football and sports business. This came on the heels of a summer internship with the magazine in 2004 and a tenure as a stringer with SI: On Campus. Born in Richmond, Va., and raised in Lowell, Mass., Lemire graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a B.A. in government and a minor in economics. Before joining SI he covered high school and college sports for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va. He earned two Virginia Press Association awards for his work, one while a student writing at University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily and one at the Daily News-Record.

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