yeah the "3rd baseman of the future" sure didn't last long. He started 64 games

Jun 20, 2018
6:25:39pm

Martin Van Nostrand Contributor

at 3rd (playing in 86 games total) in 1981 and in that short time accumulated -1.1 WAR. Maybe he would've turned it around with more time but he was totally lost at the plate and the rest is history.

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Doing some general web searching for Danny Ainge and came up with this

Fdnman

6/20/18 6:38am

wow, 4 LDS players on that Jays team

Martin Van Nostrand

6/20/18 6:52am

Barry Bonnell & Garth Iorg were on that team; not sure who was the 4th. Bonnell

BigD Coug

6/20/18 6:57am

4th was Jerry Garvin

BW84

6/20/18 8:21am

I got their autographs after they gave a fireside in Cleveland. I think it was

BW84

6/20/18 8:21am

Didn't realize Bobby Doerr was his hitting coach

bluelands

6/20/18 8:22am

Here is an interesting follow up article that talks a bit about it...

Fdnman

6/20/18 8:33am

loved that quote "Can da bum hit da coive?"

CrashMcLarson

6/20/18 8:44am

Fortunately for the Celtics, the answer was “no.”

dreamlvr

6/20/18 10:31am

What SI is famous for...superior writing

HootnHoller

6/20/18 10:40am

That was great - thanks for sharing.

roarcougar84

6/20/18 1:51pm

Six months later from SI...

CougarAddict

6/20/18 3:13pm

yeah the "3rd baseman of the future" sure didn't last long. He started 64 games

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