FORT MYERS — There’s no one more vital to the future of the Red Sox than a Natick kid who, 13 years ago, had two job offers on the same day: one to stay with the World Series-champion Red Sox, another to tour Japan playing harmonica. With a band called Buddahead.
Though he is a stats wonk, Zack Scott had visions of playing like John Popper, the harmonica virtuoso from Blues Traveler. But those didn’t supersede a baseball dream that started to materialize after a boring corporate job right out of college.
He passed on the world tour.