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10 ’75—THE RED SOX TEAM THAT SAVED BASEBALL
.444 and Cincinnati, batting .292, provided the spark for the Red Sox that almost broke their long cham- pionship drought. But perhaps the greatest compli- ment ho got came from teammate Jerry Remy, when Remy was asked to read the starting lineup that day for a network broadcast. When he got to Burleson’s name, he said, “Batting second, the heart and soul of the Boston Red Sox, Rick Burleson.”20 To Red Sox fans of the 1970s, no better words could describe Burleson’s contributions to those teams.
Sources
In addition to the sources in the endnotes, the author also consulted:
Adelman, Tom, e Long Ball (Boston: Back Bay Books/Little Brown and Company, 2003).
Zimmer, Don, and Bill Madden, Zim: A Baseball Life (Kingston, New York: Total Sports Publishing, 2001).
Notes
1 Bill Lee and Dick Lally. e Wrong Stu , (New York: Viking Press, 1984), 118.
2 Klein, Demeter Skipper Eastern All-Star Squads,” e Sporting News, July 22, 1972, 39. Regarding the rainout, see e Sporting News, July 29, 1972, 51.
3 “Deals of the Week,” e Sporting News, April 7, 1973, 45.
4 Bill Troberman, “Pawtucket’s Pole Speeds Progress With
No-Hitter,” e Sporting News, July 7, 1973, 36.
5 Peter Gammons, “Hustling Burleson... New Red Sox SS?” e Sporting News, March 2, 1974, 18.
6 Gammons, “Hustling Burleson.”
7 Peter Gammons. “Boston Massacre rows Big Burden on
Youth,” e Sporting News, April 13, 1974, 17.
8 Peter Gammons, “Transplanted Beniquez: Bosox Surprise,” e
Sporting News, April 20, 1974, 4.
9 “A.L. Flashes,” e Sporting News, May 25, 1974, 28.
10 Peter Gammons, “Bosox Hitch Picnic Pants to Bernie’s Belt,” e Sporting News, June 15, 1974, 7.
11 Peter Gammons, “Rooster Giving Red Sox Plenty to Crow About,” e Sporting News, August 10, 1974, 23.
12 Peter Gammons, “Red Sox Start on Changes With Two Coaches,” e Sporting News, October 19, 1974, 28. e Topps team designation appears in e Sporting News, November 16, 1974.
13 Peter Gammons, “Burleson Flicks On Stars in Bosox Eyes,” e Sporting News, May 31, 1975, 8.
14 Joe Giuliotti, “‘What’s Left?’ Asks Bosox’ Wright,” e Sporting News, December 8, 1979, 59.
15 Joe Giuliotti, “Burleson Dares Bosox: ‘Go Ahead, Trade Me,’ “ e Sporting News, May 31, 1980, 32.
16 John Strege, “Burleson Gets OK for Cactus Play,” e Sporting News, February 21, 1983, 44.
17 John Strege, “Angels Facing Old-Age Woe?” e Sporting News, March 7, 1983, 36.
18 Peter Gammons, “Don’t Count Out Burleson Yet,” e Sporting News, May 23, 1983, 25.
19 Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier-Journal, July 31, 2003.
20 Joe Giuliotti, “Red Sox Mainspring? It’s Hustling Burleson,” e Sporting News, July 5, 1980, 37.