Once upon a time, back in those heady days of 2019 when we were all innocents and didn’t even know what a pandemic was, Noah Song was a young graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He’d been a record-setting and award-winning pitcher in college, a finalist for the Golden Spikes and the Dick Howser Trophy, among other accolades.
Song was considered a first-rounder in the draft but his service commitment to the Navy scared teams off. He was eventually drafted in the fourth round by Dave Dombrowski’s Red Sox (another time of innocence, can you remember it, kids?