FORT MYERS, Fla. -- What's it like to spend 90 minutes listening to a former Navy SEAL-turned-motivational speaker?
"Powerful," Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell said Thursday. "Unique."
Make no mistake, David Rutherford left an impact on Red Sox players and coaches, just as he did with front-office members with whom he spoke last month at the request of president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski.
According to the Web site for his company, Team Froglogic, Rutherford served eight years in the Navy as a SEAL student, combat paramedic, operator and instructor. While the Red Sox are the first big-league team he has met, he said he has worked with race-car drivers, college lacrosse teams and recently the University of Pennsylvania football team.