Did Karl Ravech overstep with awkward Mother’s Day question to Triston Casas?
ESPN's Karl Ravech is facing backlash for an awkward question posed during an in-game interview with Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas.
ESPN's Karl Ravech is facing backlash for an awkward question posed during an in-game interview with Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas.
"Embarrassing to be this desperate to please one's bosses."
"A foul ball. Actually, a fair ball!"
"Put a caption underneath the picture, don’t be captain obvious."
"I’ve also had a lot of people who write and say that stuff on the radio who will privately disavow it and tell me they’re performing."
These games will take place May 7, 14, and 21.
Dick Flavin's long and varied media career included time as the voice of Fenway Park and the poet laureate of the Boston Red Sox. He also was involved in a memorable journey with Johnny Peske and Dom DiMaggio to visit Ted Williams.
"It would be like somebody from Lincoln’s family and you’re trying to teach them about shootings in theaters, so you use their dad as an example of how to avoid it. I mean, are you out of your mind?!"
"Thank you, Boston. Thank you, New England, for having me"
"Sometimes you feel a little naked up here because, I don’t know, it’s falling off a cliff sometimes. Because you never know, it’s live."
"This is a hodgepodge of nothingness."
"Having grandkids in the Bay Area and visiting them in the offseason, that pushed me along. I just knew, you need to go and be with the kids. Those formative years, you need to be there."
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"If you’re a first base coach you need a wheelbarrow these days"
Remy passed away at 68 last October.
The Globe looked back across their 150-year history and chose 150 notable front pages. 33 of the ones they picked were about sports.
Remy, who also played for his hometown Red Sox, struggled with cancer for 13 years.
Randy Arozarena pounding his chest and flipping his bat was too much for the Red Sox radio team.
The ESPN audience averaged 7.11 million, with an average of 583,000 more watching on ESPN2 and 144,000 more watching on ESPN Deportes.
"What did I do wrong? What did I see wrong?"
"It’s a privilege to witness a miracle unfolding every day in front of your own eyes, and that’s what Chris is — a miracle."
It's unclear at the moment what this means for the rest of the planned Red Sox-Yankees series.