One More Miracle Needed for RSN Favorite 2
Dave Roberts announced on Monday that he has Hodgkin's Lymphoma
If you ask a Red Sox fan who Henri Stanley is, most will look at you funny, their heads cocked to the side like the RCA dog, and tell you they don’t have a clue. Stanley was an outfielder who never played a Major League game, but exists as a footnote in the historic 2004 season that saw the Sox win their first World Series in 86 years. Henri Stanley went from the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox to AAA Portland, the Dodger’s affiliate, in a trade deadline move, July 31, 2004. The player the Red Sox got in return was Dave Roberts.
Roberts himself a journeyman with no aspirations of ever having a bust in the Hall of Fame, spent his ten year career playing for five different teams, patrolling various outfield spots and occasionally DH-ing. He was brought to Boston that year predominantly to be a pinch runner. In 45 regular season games with the Red Sox that summer, Roberts stole a grand total of five bases. In the post-season, with zero at-bats, Roberts managed to steal one base – a close play at second that no Boston fan will ever forget. Read the rest of this entry →
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