Joe Pace
New England Sports 366, #110: Johnny Pesky
We tend to think of Johnny Pesky as the old guy who hung around the Red Sox clubhouse, the eminence grise with the same name as the right...
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Joe Pace
Apr 12, 2020
New England Sports 366, #104: Jeff Frye
One of the great things about sports in general and baseball in particular is how bit players can be memorable. Backup catchers...
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Joe Pace
Apr 9, 2020
New England Sports 366, #101: Dave Roberts
I’ve mentioned before that sometimes a player cements himself in our collective hearts with a single play. To start off the second...
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Joe Pace
Apr 6, 2020
New England Sports 366, #98: Lee Smith
Lee pitched for eight teams in his Hall of Fame pitching career, including the Red Sox from 1988 to 1990. He led the league in saves four...
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Joe Pace
Apr 3, 2020
New England Sports 366, #95: Jacoby Ellsbury
The Red Sox have had some great center fielders. Freddie Lynn, Tris Speaker, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Damon. Ellis Burks and Jackie Bradley...
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Joe Pace
Mar 31, 2020
New England Sports 366, #92: George Herman Ruth
On July 4, 1914, the Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of minor league Orioles pitcher George Herman Ruth. One of the earliest Boston...
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Joe Pace
Mar 28, 2020
New England Sports 366, #89: José Offerman
How do you spell Offerman? With two F’s and 42 E’s. The Dominican-born Offerman was a talented offensive player, but his skills were not...
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Joe Pace
Mar 24, 2020
New England Sports 366, #85: Ellis Burks
Ellis Burks broke in with the Red Sox in 1987 when he was 22, and promptly became the third player in franchise history to put up 20 HR...
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Joe Pace
Mar 21, 2020
New England Sports 366, #82: Jack Clark
The 1970s and 80s were a time of feared one-dimensional sluggers in Major League Baseball. Kingman, Luzinski, Rice, Deer, Baylor,...
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Joe Pace
Mar 12, 2020
New England Sports 366, #73: Phil Plantier
In case it hasn’t been evident from some of the names on this list so far, I’m a sucker for the what-coulda-been story, for the prospect...
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Joe Pace
Mar 7, 2020
New England Sports 366, #67: Rich Gedman
It was preseason baseball evaluations for the boys this morning, so I find myself thinking about my earliest baseball days. Pony League...
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Joe Pace
Mar 5, 2020
New England Sports 366, #65: Tom Brunansky
Bruno was a slugger for the Twins for most of the 1980s (though he debuted in 1981 with the Angels). From 1982-87 he was a regular for...
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