55 years after MLB debut at Fenway, Gene Lamont returns and reminisces

55 years after MLB debut at Fenway, Gene Lamont returns and reminisces

On a sun-soaked Saturday afternoon, Gene Lamont sat in the visitors’ dugout at Fenway Park, thinking about the first time he’d come to the Boston ballpark, over half a century ago. He debuted here in 1970, as a 23-year-old Detroit Tigers catcher. And he homered in his first career at-bat. The 55th anniversary of that game is Tuesday, Sept. 2. “I wasn’t sure if it was the second or third, but somebody looked it up yesterday and said it was the se…