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Post by alum on Jun 9, 2020 10:29:49 GMT -5
I'll take some really easy ones
2--Shore
4--Orr---Poor Joe Cronin, a Hall of Famer and he doesn't even come close
6--Russell
7--Esposito
8--Yaz
9-Williams--no, not you Johnny Bucyk
12--Brady
14-Cousy---sorry Jim Rice
33--Bird
45--Pedro
77--Borque
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jun 9, 2020 11:35:20 GMT -5
34 - Big Papi
25 - Tony Conigliaro
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Post by Tom on Jun 9, 2020 11:40:35 GMT -5
Not named yet and subject to recent bias
1 - Doerr
3 - DJ
10 - Jo Jo White
11 Julian Edelman
15 Heinsohn
16 Rick Middleton
17 Havlicek
18 Cowens
19 Fred Lynn
21 Clemons (apologies to Bill Sharmon and Warren Spahn (who did his best work in Milwaukee)
24 Sam Jones
25 KC Jones
26 Wade Boggs
31 Cornbread Maxwell
32 McHale
34 Ortiz (apologies to Paul Pierce)
36 Lawyer Milloy
56 Andre Tippett
73 Hannah
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Post by alum on Jun 9, 2020 12:03:58 GMT -5
34 - Big Papi 25 - Tony Conigliaro Can never talk about Tony C enough. He hit 104 home runs in his first 494 games. He was 22 years and 7 months old when he was hit by Jack Hamilton's pitch. Managed to have a 36 home run season three years later after making his comeback. Hit more home runs as a teenager than any other player (24.) He is the second youngest player to reach 100 home runs (behind Mel Ott.) I'm not old enough to remember the injury but do remember both comebacks. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 9, 2020 12:12:57 GMT -5
I'll take some really easy ones 2--Shore 4--Orr---Poor Joe Cronin, a Hall of Famer and he doesn't even come close 6--Russell 7--Esposito 8--Yaz 9-Williams--no, not you Johnny Bucyk 12--Brady 14-Cousy---sorry Jim Rice 33--Bird 45--Pedro 77--Borque #7 Phil Esposito. Anyone remember the Big Bad Bruins Bumper Sticker: "Jesus Saves...and Espo gets the rebound!" |
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Post by Tom on Jun 9, 2020 12:24:58 GMT -5
That's what happens when you hang out in front of the net all day. (and take all the hits from defense men who don't want you there)
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 9, 2020 12:38:01 GMT -5
Several other names to consider --
5 - Nomar
8 - Neely (EDIT: Yaz obviously #8)
11 - Bledsoe (I see Edelman has been mentioned, but argument to be made for Drew, IMO)
20 - Ray Allen
38 - Schilling
42 - Vaughn
54 - Bruschi
80 - Troy Brown
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 9, 2020 12:43:21 GMT -5
Manny and Ty Law get robbed with donning #24.
Same with Piece and #34.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 9, 2020 12:43:57 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Jun 9, 2020 12:53:59 GMT -5
Several other names to consider -- 5 - Nomar 8 - Neely (EDIT: Yaz obviously #8) 11 - Bledsoe (I see Edelman has been mentioned, but argument to be made for Drew, IMO) 20 - Ray Allen 38 - Schilling 42 - Vaughn 54 - Bruschi 80 - Troy Brown I also thought about Frank Malzone for #11 I thought the best player on those Bledsoe led teams was #52 Ted Johnson |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 9, 2020 13:23:17 GMT -5
73 John Hannah
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jun 9, 2020 13:43:00 GMT -5
#22 - Flutie
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 9, 2020 13:52:56 GMT -5
Several other names to consider -- 5 - Nomar 8 - Neely (EDIT: Yaz obviously #8) 11 - Bledsoe (I see Edelman has been mentioned, but argument to be made for Drew, IMO) 20 - Ray Allen 38 - Schilling 42 - Vaughn 54 - Bruschi 80 - Troy Brown #38 Schilling needs to run up a big plurality in Mass. because he won't get many votes in RI. How about the question of which player who owned the same house in Medfield, Drew Bledsoe or Curt Schilling was better? Schilling helped break an 84 year curse but Bledsoe "built" Gillette Stadium according to Robert Kraft because he has said he needed to attach Drew's contract to his loan application to get funding to build CMGI Stadium, now Gillette Stadium. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 9, 2020 13:57:03 GMT -5
34 - Big Papi 25 - Tony Conigliaro Can never talk about Tony C enough. He hit 104 home runs in his first 494 games. He was 22 years and 7 months old when he was hit by Jack Hamilton's pitch. Managed to have a 36 home run season three years later after making his comeback. Hit more home runs as a teenager than any other player (24.) He is the second youngest player to reach 100 home runs (behind Mel Ott.) I'm not old enough to remember the injury but do remember both comebacks. My sister was a student at Regis College when Tony C. made a promotional visit on behalf of a sponsor. She said the whole student body went ga-ga like he was Paul McCartney. He was a handsome kid. |
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Post by timholycross on Jun 9, 2020 14:15:48 GMT -5
Flutie does not get 2 over a Hall of Famer.
If you want to include college athletes, by all means, give him 22 !
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jun 9, 2020 14:22:47 GMT -5
Typo. Meant 22. Fixed it.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 9, 2020 16:04:21 GMT -5
Did uniforms have numbers when tris speaker and babe Ruth were in the Red Sox?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jun 9, 2020 16:29:09 GMT -5
I'll take some really easy ones 2--Shore 4--Orr---Poor Joe Cronin, a Hall of Famer and he doesn't even come close 6--Russell 7--Esposito 8--Yaz 9-Williams--no, not you Johnny Bucyk 12--Brady 14-Cousy---sorry Jim Rice 33--Bird 45--Pedro 77--Borque #7 Phil Esposito. Anyone remember the Big Bad Bruins Bumper Sticker: "Jesus Saves...and Espo gets the rebound!" Not to nit pick, but I think Espo scored on the rebound. Lol The first sports gift I ever received was a framed caricature pic of Tony C. Poor guy....even as a 10 year old, got chills when he hit his first home run in comeback #1. Think at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jun 9, 2020 16:36:11 GMT -5
Course my best friend got The Impossible Dream record as his first sports gift, so I was very jealous for quite a while.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 9, 2020 20:33:08 GMT -5
#7 Phil Esposito. Anyone remember the Big Bad Bruins Bumper Sticker: "Jesus Saves...and Espo gets the rebound!" Not to nit pick, but I think Espo scored on the rebound. Lol The first sports gift I ever received was a framed caricature pic of Tony C. Poor guy....even as a 10 year old, got chills when he hit his first home run in comeback #1. Think at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. HR off Pete Richert in Baltimore on April 8 |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 9, 2020 20:43:21 GMT -5
Did uniforms have numbers when tris speaker and babe Ruth were in the Red Sox? Numbers were not worn until the 1929 season. Babe wore number three starting in 1929 with both the Yankees and then the Boston Braves. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jun 9, 2020 20:53:56 GMT -5
Course my best friend got The Impossible Dream record as his first sports gift, so I was very jealous for quite a while. I still have this 33 Dave. Just no longer have a turntable to play it... On a Conig note- my mother-in-law (God rest her soul) who had many sports connections, grew up in Lynn, dated Tony in HS, and her younger sister dated Billy. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 10, 2020 0:55:30 GMT -5
Course my best friend got The Impossible Dream record as his first sports gift, so I was very jealous for quite a while. I still have this 33 Dave. Just no longer have a turntable to play it... On a Conig note- my mother-in-law (God rest her soul) who had many sports connections, grew up in Lynn, dated Tony in HS, and her younger sister dated Billy. No baby sister to date Richie? I had a three day work assignment in 1976 with a blonde haired young woman who was dating Richie at the time. And then when I was out in California I watched Tony when he was the Sports Anchor for one of the TV stations in San Francisco. Iirc, he was back in Boston for a tryout as a Red Sox color commentator when he had his heart attack or stroke in the airport tunnel and heavy traffic prevented him from receiving timely medical care at the hospital. A real shame. |
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