Win It for Captain Carl

Projo Sox Blog found this 8/20/2008 on www.survivinggrady.com [flag]

Long before America's Favorite Offensive Liability, Jason Varitek, was crowned Cap'n, there was only one man fit to wear the title: Captain Carl Yastrzemski. Although I started following the Sox just as Yaz's career was winding down, I did get to witness the glory that was his 3,000th hit--the first Sox-inspired swooning of my young life. Rumor has it that Tom Yawkey wanted to clone Captain ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, August 20
Published 8/20/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AND FINALLY . . . The blog Surviving Grady has found the most sadly ironic poster I've ever seen of Carl Yastrzemski. Maybe it was true once, but not for a long, long time. ...

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