A promising career cut short by tragic injury and health problems.
Why didn’t he become a switch hitter? I did.
When I was a kid growing up in northeastern Mass, my Cub Scout group would take us to Fenway a couple of times a month. Tickets were $5 and included a soda and box of popcorn.
Of course, the tickets were always in a bad location, but the games were always afternoon games in the middle of the week, so the box seats down by the baseline were always empty. After a couple of innings, the Fenway staff would have us move down to the empty boxes. Carl Yastremski, Tony Conigliero, and several other players would come over just to talk with us; it was great.
Thank you for your post, it re-awakened a long forgotten memory.
I’ll never forget when he was hit by that pitch. Dropped like a sack o potatoes. I was twelve years old and followed that entire “Impossible Dream” season. Thanks for your contribution Tony C.
A Red Sox great!
Dad said that Tony C would have been a great player. Dad’s favorite player is Yaz. He has autographs of the 1975 Red Sox when he was at school.
Compare that to what a player of his caliber would be making today.