Boston — It was around 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. A tall, slender, silver-haired figure walked slowly down the lower-deck grandstand along the third-base side. If you didn’t know better, you’d think, “There is a man taking the time to stop and smell the roses.”
He said hello to the ushers and stadium workers, walked down through the gate next to the visitors’ dugout and onto the field where his injured second baseman, Dustin Pedroia, was taking some early batting practice.
Dave Dombrowski certainly has the air of a man at peace these days. He seemingly hasn’t aged a day since that traumatic August afternoon in 2015 when he was hastily relieved of his duties by Tigers owner Mike Ilitch.