Your Average JoeHey Beantown Chowdaheads…Remember Me??
December 15th 2009 17:32
OK, I'm kicking off this new segment on the site with my old coach, George 'The Boomer' Scott. The Boomer played in Beantown for the Sox from 1966-71 and then again from 1977-78.
The Boomer hit 150 HR's while playing for the Sox and 271 over his career between here and Milwaukee. He also had short one year stints in Kansas City and New York (AL). Going through his numbers on Baseball Reference , I'd say his best overall year in Beantown came in 1977 at 33 years old. Scott hit .269 with 33 HR and 95 RBI. The Boomer was also one hell of a defensive first baseman. He collected 6 Gold Gloves over his tenure in MLB.
This is the only player in my 'Remember Me' segment that I'll have a little personal story about due to the situation and him coaching me when I was 19 years old... I'll never forget the funniest moment I had while playing for him. One night around supper time, he called my house to tell me that they'd be a scout from the Pittsburgh Pirates at our game the following day. So naturally, I'm excited but I don't show it to him while we're on the phone.. He tells me to be ready from the moment we take infield just to show them how prepared and focused I was, etc.. and then..... all of a sudden, in mid-sentence, I hear him yell, "PASS THE DAMN KETCHUP!" (he was obviously at the dinner table with the fam when he called) I'm cracking up under my breath and I remember hanging up with him and my parents(who were big Boomer fans from his days in Boston in the ‘70’s) asking me why I was laughing. So I tried my hardest to re-enact the moment in my best Boomer voice and I remember us all laughing our asses off.
What a great guy he was and I'll never forget playing for him. It was an honor. Cheers Coach! You were truly a hell of a baseball guy, and one hell of a character to boot.
Chuck
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Although back then I think the manager was Jim Leyland. I think he was only in his late 60's at that point. Think of all the second hand smoke you avoided.
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