RED SOX : News & Notes November 17,2013.

RED SOX : News & Notes
November 17,2013.





~ Red Sox Prospects: Eight minor league Red Sox prospects were part of the Surprise Saguaros that won the Arizona Fall League championship.In the final game Mookie Betts went 1 for 3 with a RBI single and a walk.Right-hander Noe Ramirez struck out the side in a scoreless inning of relief.

~ The Mayor's new 'Walking Stick: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be retiring after this term after being Boston's mayor for almost 20 years.After a leg injury in April the mayor needed a wheelchair to get around.As his recovery progressed he graduated to a cane,Ted Kennedy's cane to be exact.Now thanks to Red Sox fans Garry and Lynn Smith,he will have a much more fancy way to get around Boston.It is a baseball bat fashioned into a 'walking stick'.The couple spotted a man at Comerica Park in Detroit with a similar cane.The inquired where he purchased it from and followed the lead.It is inscribed 'Mayor Tom Menino,World Series Champs,2004,2007,2013.

The MAYOR & his "Walking Stick"

~ Babe Ruth's Bobblehead: The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced they will be holding a Babe Ruth bobblehead day on September 9th.The connection ? Babe Ruth was the first base coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938.It was really a 'publicity stunt' at the time.Ruth was not even allowed to relay signs.The Dodgers hired Lou Durocher as manager the following season.Ruth was not part of his staff.