Killing time...
Frank Duffy was mentioned in the Ted Cox thread and, well, I went here. Curious to see if the Sox can fill an all eyeglass team. Here are the slots. Rules - must have worn glasses (monocles count!) while on the field while playing/managing for the Red Sox and let the best player reign at each position. I'll include a bench for the also-rans and players who didn't usually play with glasses earn an *. I'll keep adding players if it looks like we could fill an active roster of 25. Let me know if I should add a position, add more rules, go to hell, etc.
EDIT: Some course corrections and expanding the eligible to include players wearing pince-nez - that should open things up!
1st Base - Bob Watson
2nd Base - Eddie Kasko
SS - Frank Duffy
3rd Base - Carney Lansford
LF - Alex Cole
CF - Dom DiMaggio
RF - Josh Reddick*
C - Rich Gedman
DH - Luis Rivera
SP - Rick Wise, John Curtis, Dave Sisler, Oil Can Boyd*
Closer - Eric Gagne
Bench - Brock Holt*, Wade Boggs*, Bill Buckner?
Bullpen - Greg Harris, Joe Kelly, Bob Veale, Tom House, Arnold Earley, Tom Herrin
Manager - Tito
Coach - Lynn Jones
Crew Chief - Frank Umont
* - player wore glasses only briefly.
Frank Duffy was mentioned in the Ted Cox thread and, well, I went here. Curious to see if the Sox can fill an all eyeglass team. Here are the slots. Rules - must have worn glasses (monocles count!) while on the field while playing/managing for the Red Sox and let the best player reign at each position. I'll include a bench for the also-rans and players who didn't usually play with glasses earn an *. I'll keep adding players if it looks like we could fill an active roster of 25. Let me know if I should add a position, add more rules, go to hell, etc.
EDIT: Some course corrections and expanding the eligible to include players wearing pince-nez - that should open things up!
1st Base - Bob Watson
2nd Base - Eddie Kasko
SS - Frank Duffy
3rd Base - Carney Lansford
LF - Alex Cole
CF - Dom DiMaggio
RF - Josh Reddick*
C - Rich Gedman
DH - Luis Rivera
SP - Rick Wise, John Curtis, Dave Sisler, Oil Can Boyd*
Closer - Eric Gagne
Bench - Brock Holt*, Wade Boggs*, Bill Buckner?
Bullpen - Greg Harris, Joe Kelly, Bob Veale, Tom House, Arnold Earley, Tom Herrin
Manager - Tito
Coach - Lynn Jones
Crew Chief - Frank Umont
* - player wore glasses only briefly.
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