Yesterday’s interview with one of baseball’s best reporters revealed much, including a time when Olney once cheered for Boston’s historic franchise. Even if it was more about disliking the evil empire in New York than it was about the Red Sox winning.
Robert Stanbury ‘Buster’ Olney III grew up in Randolph Center, Vermont, and started loving the Los Angeles Dodgers when he was eight years old, after reading a book about Sandy Koufax. So, when it looked like the New York Yankees might meet the Dodgers in the 1978 World Series, the second time in as many seasons, Olney said, “I was much more partial to the Red Sox,” when it came to the rivalry.