Section 10 Podcast Episode 173: Farewell, Hanley Ramirez (featuring one of the saddest montages of all-time)
We open the show with the saddest Hanley Ramirez montage on the face of the earth, talk about how shocking the news was that he had been designated for assignment, how it wasn’t always good times with Hanley but that he earned the love and admiration that he got from Red Sox fans, we reflect on the left field experiment, moving to first base, our favorite versions of Hanley, how all he wanted was to be loved by Boston fans (tweeting about the Celtics, wearing Patriots jerseys, going to Bruins games), how Red Sox fans will always have it out for big money free agent signings, how the timing of his DFA was a little suspect, a warning that he’s probably going to turn it on wherever he ends up, how surprising it was to hear that it was Alex Cora’s idea, the dynamic that Dave Dombrowski had a different plan until Cora approached him with this one, and we talk about our favorite Hanley moments.
We have a three second discussion about Drew Pomeranz, recap my weekend at Fenway for the Braves series and Red Sox alumni game, how there were good things and bad things about the alumni game and what they can build on for next year, sitting front row on the dirt behind home plate on Saturday, the guests that we’ve got coming down the pipeline, which players made comments about #BlakeSwiwhartMomGate, and how it’s weird that there aren’t any players on the team right now that we hate. That, and quite a bit more.
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