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Mike Smith grew up at the crossroads of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. New London, Conn.—nearly equidistant from Yawkey Way and the Major Deegan—forces Red Sox fans and Yankees fans to share neighborhoods and playgrounds...
Encouraged by the business aspect of the game that the book highlighted, the number of Ivy graduates attempting to enter baseball front offices increased dramatically. Even before Moneyball reached the bestseller list, however, DePodesta and Hill—along with Theo Epstein, a 1995 Yale graduate and current Red Sox General Manager, and Mark Shapiro, a 1989 Princeton graduate and current Cleveland Indians General Manager—were all well-entrenched in the game. They have now become the examples for the many Ivy Leaguers aspiring to find a way into baseball...
...walk across the river toward the dining halls after the game, we pass a guy wearing a Red Sox jersey...
...topic at hand is Heathcliff Slocumb, who played a huge role in the Red Sox’ run to 2004 World Series. Slocumb was the Red Sox closer in 1997, but the Seattle Mariners wanted him so badly that they dealt Boston two top prospects—catcher Jason Varitek and pitcher Derek Lowe...
After being drafted in the late rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Red Sox and setting Harvard’s career and single-season records for round-trippers last year—he hit 14 in 2004, bringing him to 22 overall—the infielder spent most of 2005 frustrated and battling shoulder problems...