This made me recall one of my favorite lines from Ball Four, which I think Bouton ascribed to Boomer: "I got Dunlop disease - my stomach done lopped over my belt."1967. George Scott. And also I vaguely recall Tony Horton.
The Boomer is probably my favorite Red Sox of all time. I've told stories on SoSH before of watching my Grandpa defending him to other fans in the stands when the Boomer was miserable in 1968, and running with him around Fenway when He was attempting a comeback in 1980 and trying to get in shape; I was a freshman at BU running my daily route of 3 or so miles. We would just meet up on our respective runs and run together for a bit. What a thrill for me. I just loved that man.
I remember being very concerned about Yaz "moving" to LF. I expressed this to my father who, with a big grin on his face, said something along the lines of: Don't worry, I think Yaz knows what he is doing out thereWasn't the story that when Jim Rice broke his hand in 1975, Darrell Johnson asked Yaz if he could still play left field, and Yaz replied "In my sleep"
The funny thing is I strongly remember Evans playing a lot of 1B late in his career, but he only manned the position in 143 games over two seasons. As I recall, it began as McNamara's way of getting more playing time for the young outfielders that were forcing their way into the lineup in 1987. After Evans filled in a few times, they released Bill Buckner, leaving them with a glut of outfielders (Rice, Henderson, Greenwell, Burks, Benzinger, Evans) but no one to play at first full time so it became Evans' job. Then he kept it through the start of 1988, reluctantly if I remember right. It wasn't until McNamara was fired that Joe Morgan moved Evans back to the outfield more or less full time with Benzinger becoming the regular 1B. It was a much better defensive arrangement.Evans being an OF in my memory.
Dick Stuart. Is he a real person?Brian Daubach. I'm not that old.
My favorite baseball picture of all time is one of Boomer standing behind the batting cage at Fenway waiting his turn with the fat end of a bat stuck in his back pocket.1967. George Scott. And also I vaguely recall Tony Horton.
The Boomer is probably my favorite Red Sox of all time. I've told stories on SoSH before of watching my Grandpa defending him to other fans in the stands when the Boomer was miserable in 1968, and running with him around Fenway when He was attempting a comeback in 1980 and trying to get in shape; I was a freshman at BU running my daily route of 3 or so miles. We would just meet up on our respective runs and run together for a bit. What a thrill for me. I just loved that man.
This.Boomer Scott 2.0 for me too.
I of course knew the name, but I think I would have a much better chance of recognizing him from the time he was on Curb Your Enthusiasm than a picture of him during his Red Sox days. But I was 8-10 years old when he played for us.I vaguely recall Buckner, but didn't really follow closely until Mo Vaughn.
I must be little younger than you because mine is Boomer 2.0. So fat.Boomer 1.0. So slick
the guy on the far right would be very sad at this thread.So we're not going to have a ghost of Red Sox past who could give us a Stuffy McInnis or a Candy LaChance, huh?
Don't tell me you blanked on the Nipply one.Based on your post, I just tried to do that. I got the whole '86 starting 9 (post august), the 3 best starters and two relievers. I totally blanked on the pre-Spike Owen SS, three of the 6 top starters, and the reliever with the second highest number of saves.