BOSTON SPORTS...THEN AND NOW

                                                  

As you know my name is GRUMBLIN and being from Boston the one thing that is always at the top of the list of things to Grumble about are the local sports teams.  We love them, we hate them, we love them—Repeat! But we are definitely passionate about them none the less.  I would be remiss to not take a moment to talk about Grumblin’s beloved Red Sox as they are about to embark on another Ass-Kickin of the hated New York Yankees. It has been a very heart felt kind of year as all the ups and downs reminded me of the “magical” year of 1988 when our beloved homegrown-Hero, Joe (Mr. Walpole) Morgan took over the helm of a struggling ship. Eerily similar to current manager Chad Tracy, both of these skippers were brought up from AAA teams to try to revive their clubs and let’s face it probably to sell some tickets. But both were somehow able to catapult losing teams into playoff contenders.  We Boston fans may Grumble but we never Forget! As you may not know the “real” Joe Morgan as we like to call him around here just very recently passed away God Rest His Soul, he was a great man.  I don’t know why the team isn’t honoring him with a little patch with his initials on their uniforms at least for the playoffs, Grumble,Grumble.  I thought it would be interesting to look back at the line-ups from then and now to remember some of the players or “BUMS” as my grandmother used to call them if they lost.

           

 

                 

 

 

 

         

                      Morgan Magic                           Team Tracy                                     

          Catcher            Rich Gedman                        Adley Rutschman

            1st Base           Todd Benzinger                   Willson Contreras

           2nd Base          Marty Barrett                       Nick Sogard

          3rd Base           Wade Boggs                         Caleb Durbin

             SS                  Jody Reed                             Trevor Story

            LF                  Mike Greenwell                   Jarren Duran

           CF                  Ellis Burks                              Ceddanne Rafaela

           RF                 Dwight Evans                        Wilyer Abreu

          DH                 Jim Ed Rice                             Roman Anthony

 

 

      Pitchers           Roger Clemens                        Sonny Gray

                              Bruce Hurst                           Payton Tolle

                             Oil Can Boyd                            Ranger Suarez

                            Mike Boddicker                        Jake Bennett

                            Wes Gardner                          Brayan  Bello

 

Bull Pen             Bob Stanley                             Greg Weissert

                           Jeff Reardon                            Jovanni Moran

                          Steve Crawford                       Garrett Whitlock

Closer              Lee Smith                                  Aroldis Chapman

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