The writer, TomVerducci, never got to interview this intensely private, but genuinely generous and humble man, who still takes intense pleasure in occasionally coaching various pitchers today.
Longtime Sports Illustrated baseball writer TomVerducci said it wouldn't matter if a player was a Hall of Fame caliber player before baseball had its steroid use problems.
Instead of allowing his undying allegiance to Red Sox Nation cloud his judgment, Burns relied on the commentaries provided by TomVerducci and Howard Bryant to support his claim.
Your hat certainly goes off to Buckner, fielding questions from Bob Costas and TomVerducci while sitting next to the man forever linked to him in baseball history, Mookie Wilson, who hit the famous squibber.