Was in Boston sportscaster Bob Lobell that coined the expression “Why can’t we get guys like this?” That is often the lament of Boston Red Sox fans as a personal devil comes to Fenway Park to obliterate our pitching. Just imagine what they would do playing 81 games or 77 games “back in the day” each season at Fenway?
Occasionally all the baseball stars align and circumstances bring one to Boston at various stages of their careers. Jimmie Foxx came to Boston thanks to a depression that made the Athletics cash-strapped. Vern Stephens puts up some prodigious numbers when acquired by trade from the St.