Name Yer Red Sock, Episode 3

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Old Red]

Ellis Burks

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, Old Red said:

Ellis Burks

That's the first thought I had.

[jad]

I was thinking Hanley, but I doubt he would be eligible for this contest!

[moonslav59]

I'm not sure players wore their pants like that back in the days of Burks.

[jad]

9 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm not sure players wore their pants like that back in the days of Burks.

Nor the hi-tech elbow pad?

 

[notin]

13 hours ago, jad said:

I was thinking Hanley, but I doubt he would be eligible for this contest!

Not sure why he wouldn’t be eligible, but I will say you won’t find pictures of him without his bleached dreadlocks…

[Boodgyman5220]

I don’t have any good reason for this guess. But Pokey Reese

[mvp 78]

On 3/15/2025 at 2:37 PM, Old Red said:

Ellis Burks

No, he wore Franklin gloves and Nike cleats his whole career. This gear is newer than '04. 

[mvp 78]

Looks like Vaz is in the background so '14-'21. 

WS '18 hero Eduardo Nunez? 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I'm thinking this is Eduardo Nunez. 

Edit: MVP a second earlier

[jad]

You guys are right--elbow pad decides it?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Eduardo Nunezzzzzzzzz

[mvp 78]

Had more career PA's with BOS than any other team. Career 0.2 bWAR just sounds wrong. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Had more career PA's with BOS than any other team. Career 0.2 bWAR just sounds wrong. 

So like 20% of Nunez was better for his teams than if they used a fan from the bleachers. If I had to guess, it somewhere below his knees: calf muscles, toes, heels...

... but according to bb-ref, Eduardo's three years in Boston were worth -1.6 WAR, which is worse than a guy and his Australian Cattle Dog who can catch airborne frisbees on a dead sprint.