childhood
Enmanuel Valdez reflects on his first stint with the Red Sox, his childhood team
Red Sox “Even thinking about it now gives me goosebumps.” Enmanuel Valdez used to imagine himself wearing a Red Sox jersey. This year, he finally got to. Chris Coduto/Getty Images A young Enmanuel Valdez pictured himself stepping inside the batters’ box of Fenway Park all the time. He always wondered what it would be like […]
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‘I’m an underdog’: How Joe Jacques turned his childhood Yankees fandom into a love for pitching in Boston
Red Sox “It doesn’t really get much better than Fenway.” Joe Jacques just finished up his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo Joe Jacques was sitting in a barber chair on a cold December day when he heard his phone ring. Pablo Sandoval, Rusney Castillo among ex-Red Sox drafted to new […]
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