Tommy Holmes (right), celebrating a World Series win with Warren Spahn (center) and Bob Elliott. Mr. Holmes played a decade with the Boston Braves.
(ap/file 1948)
Tommy Holmes, star outfielder, embodiment of Boston Braves
Tommy Holmes (right), celebrating a World Series win with Warren Spahn (center) and Bob Elliott. Mr. Holmes played a decade with the Boston Braves.
(ap/file 1948)
Tommy Holmes, who drove home the winning run in the first game of the 1948 World Series for the Boston Braves, had a special relationship with the fans who sat in the "jury box" bleachers along the right-field line at Braves Field in Allston. (Full article: 755 words)
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