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Originally Posted by Rainmaker
Gino Gentile spent 12 years in the minors, and thus far has shown up only in minor league card sets. But he was on the verge of making it to the majors in the spring of 1983 after a bang-up after a .292-15-790 1982 season in Triple-A. But the Red Sox returned him to Pawtucket, where his production fell off and his window soon closed.
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Now THAT is a name I have NOT heard in almost 35 years!
Being from the Boston area, it wasn't uncommon for me and some friends to drive about a little over an hour to watch the PawSox play, particularly if the Red Sox were on the road and the game wasn't televised/rained out/late night from the west coast. A few times, Bosox played a day game and the Pawsox were at night. That was our own double header.
For every Wade Boggs, Rich Gedman and Fred Lynn, there was a Gino Gentile..and as long as he wore a Red sox jersey, be it a Boston or Pawtucket one...he was one of us.