Boston Red Sox – Bardball

Red Sox Status Report

Where are these coming from??? pic.twitter.com/dUCXA0IBPM

— Joey Copponi (@JoeyCopponi) April 12, 2024

Likely from 1968, when Hawk Harrelson played for the Red Sox. Thanks to Stu Shea for uncovering this!

Bill Monbouquette
Needed no sobriquet
For a name with such musical flow

But Bill Monbouquette
A sobriquet did get
His teammates all called him “Monbo”

Did Bill Monbouquette
Ever regret
That his name went on forevermore?

Because Monbouquette
Was shortened more yet
As M’b’q’t’e in the daily box score.

Baltimore Orioles
July: Orioles
Will refuse to migrate south,
Seeking fall colors.

Boston Red Sox
Yes, every franchise
Is an Evil Empire now.
Game is in its Fall.

New York Yankees
Can the potential
Of overpowering bats
Overpower their age?

Tampa Bay Rays
Lesson of the old:
It takes a genius chef to
Make soup out of straw.

Toronto Blue Jays
An exhaustive search!
Team’s new radio guy is
The TV guy’s son.