Fred Lynn makes it back to Fenway Park for at least three series each season. He sits in a suite above home plate, mingles with fans, and mugs for the camera when he appears on the center-field video screen. But he avoids the field before games and never ventures into the clubhouse, wary of getting in the players' way.
That's about to change.
Lynn sees something strikingly familiar in these Boston Red Sox. Start with a College World Series champion -- from a school with the initials "USC," no less -- in center field. Then there's the hotshot Rookie of the Year candidate in left.