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Which obscure or mediocre Red Sox player did you irrationally like?

I like it. Darren Bragg was mine. Call it the Scott Cooper all-star team — Jason Schwartz (@JasonSchwartz) March 8, 2017

I like it. The Scott Cooper All-Stars. That’s in semi-honor of the Red Sox’ two-time All Star third baseman, who happened to be an All-Star two more times than he should have because the Red Sox really didn’t have any worthy All-Stars in the early ‘90s. He was a double default All-Star. That’s what he was.


Anyway, your answer here can go one of two ways. It can be an obscure player you irrationally liked, or a player who wasn’t very good who … well, you irrationally liked.

Me, heck, all I like are obscure or even unpopular players, save for the occasional Frederic Michael Lynn. Bat-rack crasher Butch Hobson will always be my favorite Red Sox player despite his .719 career OPS. I’m still mad Chico Walker didn’t get more of a shot with the ‘80s Red Sox. I’ve also been known to favor all members of the Drew family.

I was a particular sucker for a lot of reclamation projects and discarded former prospects that Dan Duquette ran in and out of here in the last ‘90s. You know how I feel about Pat Mahomes. I thought Midre Cummings could have hit .290 with 20 homers if he’d been a platoon bat against righties. I liked having Steve Avery – a favorite as a Brave – with the Sox even though he didn’t bring his fastball with him.

So who was it for you? Who was your Chico Walker? Lemme know in the comments. And someone had better mention Arquimedez Pozo or I don’t even know you guys anymore …