Red Sox Memories: Three player tragedies from the past

The Boston Red Sox have suffered player tragedies of different levels through their history. Three of my memories are now presented.

In the splendid game of baseball, disappointment abounds since only one team eventually saunters off with great bluster thanks to the collected efforts of winning a World Series. There is also another level that goes beyond disappointment and drifts into the realm of a tragedy that would test the skills of Plutarch or Aeschylus.

The Red Sox have an extensive list – as do all sports teams – of tragedies as a collective such as the infamous home run by Bucky Dent or the dismal end of the 1986 World Series. I will avoid the team and go to three players who are…