Joe Pace
New England Sports #26: Christopher Trotman Nixon
I first became aware of Trot Nixon when the Red Sox drafted him in the first round in 1993. He was only a year older than I was, and he...
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Jan 25, 2020
New England Sports 366, #25: Milt Palacio
It’s not always a Hall of Fame career. Sometimes we remember a player for one great season, or an improbably amazing game. Sometimes,...
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Jan 24, 2020
New England Sports 366, #24: Victoria Arlen
Arlen was born in Exeter, NH. That made her a winner on day one. Everything that happened after is what made her a champion. At the age...
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Jan 23, 2020
New England Sports 366, #23: Vincent Brisby
Drafted a round after Drew Bledsoe in 1993, Vincent Ultimate Brisby wasn't his draftmate's favorite pass-catcher (that would be a certain...
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Jan 22, 2020
New England Sports 366, #22: Dick Umile
Do I wish the Wildcats had managed one more goal in Anaheim in 1999? Of course I do. A national championship would have been a fitting...
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Jan 21, 2020
New England Sports 366, #21: Rudy Pemberton
Rudy Pemberton is not particularly memorable, and yet for a few weeks he was a monster. He was a mediocre minor league outfielder in the...
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Jan 20, 2020
New England Sports 366, #20: Bill Russell
Bill Russell is the greatest winner in the history of team sports. These are the facts of the case, and they are not in dispute....
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Jan 19, 2020
New England Sports 366, #19: Mike Vrabel
So many postseason memories of this guy. And yet the earliest and latest memories are unpleasant. My first awareness of Mike Vrabel is...
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Jan 18, 2020
New England Sports 366, #18: Dwight Evans
Dewey belongs in the Hall of Fame. This is the way. I could go all sabermetrics here and bury you with numbers. Talk about how Evans was...
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Jan 17, 2020
New England Sports 366, #17: Walter McCarty
I wanted to lead this profile with “I. Love. Waltah!” And I do. Or I did, I guess, back in the late nineties and early aughts when he was...
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Jan 16, 2020
New England Sports 366, #16: Sam Gash
I feel like writing about a fullback today. I was one myself, back in the day, a block-first, fourth-and-one pop-6 kind of guy. So I was...
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Jan 15, 2020
New England Sports 366, #15: Joe Morgan
As we consider the uncertain future of the Red Sox managerial situation, I find myself thinking of one of our favorite Sox skippers...
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