Dougie's going deep tonight! A popular meme about a
day in the life of Doug Mirabelli (there were two such days, I can't find the other one) was passed around back when Mirabelli was a cult figure in Boston.
It might be odd for some to think that Doug Mirabelli was a cult figure for Red Sox fans, but I can assure you... he was.
Mirabelli was acquired as a response to
Jason Varitek breaking his elbow on the since-removed on-deck circle in 2001. At that point, Mirabelli was 30 and quickly gained a reputation for being a defensive whiz with a cannon for an arm behind the plate... as well as launching bombs
at the plate without batting gloves, adding a bit of intrigue in the process.
In 141 at-bats for Boston that year, he hit. 270/.360/.518 with nine home runs. I remember attending the
August 16, 2001 game in which Ichiro Suzuki
and Mark McLemore were ruthlessly gunned out trying to steal by Mirabelli, and the crowd was in an uproar. We couldn't believe it. Mirabelli had a
cannon.
January 14, 2010
evan brunell
