Your Red Sox Blind Spot

Pilgrim

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Casey Fossum, for sure. I was dead certain he was going to be the spark that rescued that infuriating 02 team. Looking at his numbers, he actually did have a really solid year.

The jury is still out, but I'm a huge fanboy for JBJ. Hes the guy I've rooted for most out of the current crop of young talent. His hot streak last year is responsible for at least tens of dollars of NESN revenue, because I watched every irrelevant game when he was playing his ass off.
 

Hank Scorpio

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Jeff Frye, simply because he was the exact type of player I was: a zero power, high OBP, decent speed, second baseman (fun fact, I once went 2 for 4 on an entire season, with about 45 walks).

And for some reason I have nothing but fond memories of Matt Stairs and his time here, but when I look up his stats, he was terrible as a Red Sox. I thought maybe he hit a key walk-off home run, but no. His lone home run as a Red Sox came in a loss.

I feel like baseball-reference is lying to me, and Stairs' 1995 season should more resemble Johnny Gomes' 2013 season.
 

Ramon AC

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The Dodgers are going to be the beneficiaries when Lars Anderson finally puts it all together, which I know he will.
 

LoweTek

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More recently, Phil Plantier is the one. I was horrified when they traded him for my namesake, and that's why he's my namesake.
Hey Jose, I've got a nice MLB ball and baseball card (his Donruss Rookie Card) autographed by Phil Plantier. Let me know if you'd like to have it for old time sake. It's in one of those ball/card displays too!