George Scott, RIP

[GA Russell]

George Scott has died. I remember him best with the '67 Red Sox. As I recall, he used to call his home runs "'taters."

http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/thebuzz/2013/07/report_george_scott_has_passed_away.html

[jazztrain]

Correct (regarding taters). His nickname was "The Boomer."

I saw him live on many occasions in Boston and many more times on TV during his second tenure with the Red Sox.

He was a big man but suprisingly nimble given his size.

He was an excellent fielder (I think he won 8 Golden Gloves) and had good power (tied for the league lead in "taters" one year) but also stuck out a lot.

I used to love to watch him during infield practice. He had a unique way of flipping grounders to his infielders, kind of a cross between a sidearmed and underhand motion, that put a lot of english on the ball.

He's also the subject of one of my sadder memories from Fenway Park, namely the time I heard a drunk "fan" yelling at him to go home and pick cotton.