Joe Pace
New England Sports 366, #64: Will Middlebrooks
As a rookie in 2012, third baseman Will Middlebrooks came to Boston and hit .288 with 15 homers in just 75 games and 286 plate...
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Joe Pace
Mar 2, 2020
New England Sports 366, #62: Tony Conigliaro
Gone too soon. The local kid with the hard-to-pronounce last name rose high and fast. A product of Lynn, MA, Tony C was drafted by the...
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Joe Pace
Feb 25, 2020
New England Sports 366, #56: Jonathan Papelbon
Closers are a unique breed, like goalies in hockey or kickers in football. They’re often wired a bit differently, which might be why they...
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Feb 23, 2020
New England Sports 366, #54: Carl Everett
I remember being excited in 2000 when the Sox signed Jurassic Carl. This was a guy with speed and power who could be an instant upgrade...
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Feb 20, 2020
New England Sports 366, #51: Bobby Doerr
Bobby Doerr is often relegated in Boston sports history to a sort of splendid sidekick, a Robin to Ted Williams' Batman. This is a...
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Feb 14, 2020
New England Sports 366, #45: Pedro Martinez
There has never been a Red Sox player I've enjoyed more than Pedro. That's probably because he's the best pitcher they've ever had....
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Feb 11, 2020
New England Sports 366, #42: Mo Vaughn
I’m feeling the Hit Dog tonight. Your 1995 AL MVP. The huge swing. The huge smile. The huge personality. I don’t have much energy to...
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Feb 10, 2020
New England Sports 366, #41: Rich Garces
Baseball seems to generate more and better nicknames than any other human endeavor. Maybe it's the column inches beat writers have to...
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Feb 5, 2020
New England Sports 366, #36: Mookie Betts
Sigh. I get it. I do. Sports is a business. I remember watching Clemens and Boggs leave, and Mo Vaughn and Nomar and Ray Bourque and...
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Jan 26, 2020
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 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 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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