Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Cards and Vintage Things: August 27, 1968

 This matchbook is perfect for this series. It is from Blackstone Cigars, with a contest to win Red Sox tickets. There is no way to know what game the lucky contestant got to go to, but you had to enter by August 27, 1968.

On August 27, 1968, the big national news was the surrender of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union. In the US, headlines were dominated by the Democratic National Convention, in it's second day. The following day, Hubert Humphrey would secure the nomination and there would be rioting in the streets of Chicago.

As for the Red Sox, August 27 was a successful day for them, as they trounced the Indians in Fenway Park, 7-1. Young Reggie Smith opened the scoring with an RBI single in a four-run third inning. Smith went 2-4 with an RBI and two runs scored that day.



4 comments:

  1. Such a young Reggie. 1968 was no 2020! I predict rioting in the streets sometime later next week, or the week after, so on and so forth...

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