R.I.P. George.
Posted on 07/29/2013 4:28:43 PM PDT by EveningStar
Former Red Sox slugger George Scott passed away on Sunday at age 69, the Red Sox have confirmed ...
Scott had 271 career home runs and was an eight-time Gold Glove winner at first base. He led the American League in home runs in 1975 with 36, and was selected as an All-Star three times ...
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He was not well-loved by the Red Sox fans I knew. Yaz was the legend, Fred Lynn was the golden boy, and there was the occasional Jim Rice Fan. Others liked Butch Hobsen and Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley and even Luis Tiant, but the Boomer never got to feel the love.
R.I.P. George.
I was lucky enough at age 10 to be at a Red Sox game when the Sox pulled off a triple play: Joe Foy to Mike Andrews to George Scott. R.I.P., Boomer.
Boomah was my favorite as a kid. My dad used to call me in whenever George was up so I could watch his at bat....the rest of the game I could have cared less.
Just in the past few months, we've had J.J. Cale; the guy who plays Tony Soprano whose real name I can't spell; Vince Flynn; Slim Whitman; the one guy who played drums in that rock band whose name I can't remember right now; Edith Bunker; George Jones; Juice Newton; that Mouseketeer girl; Richie Havens; Dear Abby; that dude who founded Reddit; and also that rap star who died of "misadventure." And the list goes on and on and on. If people keeping dying at this rate, we aren't going to have anybody left in this world.
That's not my recollection.It's true that he was never the most popular member of the team but he *was* popular and respected by the fans.A local Boston talk host,just today,told a story I wasn't aware of...a story of a well known Bostonian (who he refused to name) who had box seats on the first base line who'd routinely shout racist slurs at him during games.Tater eventually complained to the management (understandably) and they switched the guy's seat to the third base side.
I suspect that you hang out with an atypical group of Sox fans.
RIP.
Juice Newton’s still alive.
I remember the trade that send Lonborg and the Boomer to the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972. As a result, I got to meet both of them up close. Tremendous fellows both. RIP to one of the Sox’ gracious heroes, a great ballplayer and a greater man.
Excellent news! I must have mixed her up with somebody else. “Angel Of The Morning” still sends shivers up my spine when I hear it. Hopefully she can record another song like it, now that she’s still around.
George Scott was my Dad’s favorite ballplayer on that 1967 Impossible Dream team. He sure could hit those taters. His glove work was so good around first base that I wanted him to suit up for the Bruins and try his luck in goal during the winter. There are many New Englanders with very positive memories of the Boomer.
Those were the Days!
RIP
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