Lest We Forget: Jerry Remy

November 1, 2021

The long-time Red Sox favorite passed away Saturday after a long battle with cancer. He was 68.

shopretty.com | Boston red sox baseball, Red sox nation, Red sox baseballRemy, a native Bay Stater, was drafted by the California Angels in 1971. He played for the Halos from 1975-77 and was traded to Boston in the off-season.

The diminutive second-baseman made the All-Star team for the first and only time in 1978. He stole more than 208 bases in 10 big league seasons but injuries curtailed his playing days, forcing him to retire at the age of 31 in 1984. Unfortunately as a player, he never saw his team make it to the World Series .

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Remy transitioned to the broadcast booth in 1988. It was rough going at first, but he became a darling to millions of fans for the next thirty-plus years. He was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2017.

He published If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Red Sox in 1979; Watching Baseball: Discovering the Game within the Game, 3rd Edition (Insiders Guide) (third edition, 2006); and Jerry Remy’s Red Sox Heroes: The RemDawg’s All-Time Favorite Red Sox, Great Moments, and Top Teams in 2009.

Here’s his obit from the Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and The New York Times.

Jerry Remy, beloved Red Sox broadcaster, dies at 68 | RSN

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