Edwin Diaz out for the season

[Ferm Sheller]

75 if they had Jim Rice the real MVP they would have won.

I was a winner in the 1978 Colonial Franks Jim Rice hitting contest ("Whenever Big Jim Ed gets a hit, one luck winner drawn at random will receive an autographed ball and bat..."). Eight year-old me thought, "Big deal, a couple of hundred people will win -- that's just about everyone."

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I was too young to have followed the Sox in '75 and I still always punch the air when I hear about this.

Jr High BMHH was a huge Rice fan. It was crushing.

 

[patinorange]

Jr High BMHH was a huge Rice fan. It was crushing.

I'm not over Tony C in 67. Never goes away, I guess.
Yaz made some incredible plays in left during the 75 post season, but damn. Rice was very much missed.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Jr High BMHH was a huge Rice fan. It was crushing.

My father still shakes his head and mutters "If only Rice hadn't gotten hurt..." whenever anyone brings up 1975.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

https://theathletic.com/4319742/2023/03/17/mets-edwin-diaz-contract-insurance/

WBC insurance kicks in, Mets should get reimbursed Diaz's whole salary this season.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

https://theathletic.com/4319742/2023/03/17/mets-edwin-diaz-contract-insurance/

WBC insurance kicks in, Mets should get reimbursed Diaz's whole salary this season.

Phew, now they can afford to go out and replace him.

 

[Max Power]

Miggy better watch out. The Tigers might send some goons to Nancy Kerrigan him and collect the insurance.

 

[edoug]

It was really great that he got a cup of coffee with the Sox. I was very excited about that trade.

You just hated Steve Lyons.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

You just hated Steve Lyons.

Let's just say it was a one-sided win-win trade.

 

[edoug]

Let's just say it was a one-sided win-win trade.

Agreed, Seaver in the series against the Mets would have been a great show.

 

[Blizzard of 1978]

I was a winner in the 1978 Colonial Franks Jim Rice hitting contest ("Whenever Big Jim Ed gets a hit, one luck winner drawn at random will receive an autographed ball and bat..."). Eight year-old me thought, "Big deal, a couple of hundred people will win -- that's just about everyone."

That's cool to get that. Big Jim Ed Rice and George The Boomer Scott were my 2 favorite players of those late 1970s teams.