"I’ll sit around the house and it’ll just hit me that I’m the first-base coach of the Boston Red Sox. I’m going to spring training on Tuesday, and I don’t have to go to minor-league camp. I don’t mean anything disrespectful against the minor-leagues because I spent a lot of time there and I was very fortunate to have that job, but this feels like Christmas. Every time I think about it I get goose bumps, but it’s not the nervous kind, because I’m excited.”
Except for the rookies when they first come up, the rest of them are slightly jaded professionals so it's fun to see that joy.
He also wants someone, if at all possible Beckett, to plunk his son for him. (The son plays for the Astros.)
“I’ve already talked to him and told him whoever is pitching for us — and I hope it’s [Josh] Beckett — I want our guy to drill him. We’ve talked a few times, and I am very aware of those dates. I’m really excited about it because it’s going to be really fun.”
Which, for some reason, makes me like him even more.
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