First base is where gloves go to die and the bats go to live and for the Boston Red Sox that certainly was true for one point in their history. For the younger followers of the team remember one thing about the glove work at first – no matter how putrid, even a shift of Hanley Ramirez, nothing can even come remotely close to Dick Stuart.
In a world gone by first base was the destination where many teams placed – to be polite – players with defensive limitations. Hence the back to the future option with Ramirez.