Baseball Notes | A Fenway goodbye for Bobby Doerr

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2007

Baseball Notable Hall of Famer  Bobby Doerr  said farewell to Fenway Park yesterday.

Saying he might not be up to another cross-country trip to the ballpark where played his entire career, the 89-year-old second baseman was saluted before the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore, 7-4.

Doerr, who played 14 seasons for the Red Sox, lives in Illahe, Ore. He was accompanied by his former double-play partner,  Johnny Pesky , now a Red Sox instructor, and pitcher  Dave "Boo" Ferriss .

Doerr was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.

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