THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 9, 2025 Page 7 • “Goodbye, Ken Brett, hello, Roger Moret.” My note: This was just a little play on words by O’B. Brett, who at 18 had been the youngest player to ever pitch in a World Series game (1967 Sox against the Cards), was traded by 1971 and was long gone when this was written in 1974. Moret’s star shown bright for the early 1970s Sox, culminating with World Series appearances in 1975 – gone to the Braves the next year. • “Louisville Slugger labels feature Babe in the wood.” • “Don’t sell Bob Short.” My note: Bob Short was the (reviled by most) owner of the old Washington Senators baseball team and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. • “Is the National Pastime past its time?” • “If the Museum of Fine Arts merged with Suffolk Downs, we’d have the mummies and the mudders.” • “Do you give a darn about the Sox?” • “Don Buddin, Don Buddin, nobody misses you.” My note: Sox bonus baby of whom at the time Tom Yawkey boasted, “Buddin can become one of the top ball players of his time.” Out of baseball in six years with a .241 average. Just one more reason to dislike the Yawkey legacy. • “How can a fork ball miss the plate?” • “Aaron may have passed Ruth in the record book, but Henry will never pass aardvark in the dictionary.” Spring Training 1974: Red Sox newcomer Juan Marichal and Malden’s very own (my late father-in-law) Mike Picillo. • “Baseball is the national pastime. Hockey is the national present time.” • “Pesky would be great as a public address announcer at a funeral parlor.” My note: (Johnny) Pesky may have gone on to be a Red Sox icon but his in-booth work left a lot to be desired. • “Juan Beniquez plus Juan Marichal equals two good ballplayers.” • “What’s so great about [Carlton] Fisk? I turned on my set and caught a whole game.” • “Is this the era of the E.R.A.?” • “Just think of the bonus they’d give to Honus if Wagner were alive today.” • “Cepeda was a centipede when he hit a fly.” My note: Future Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda played the 1973 season as the Everett Supplies Aluminum 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Celebrating 66 Years in Business! •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roof ng • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! Sox very first Designated Hitter. The Baby Bull had a fine season, but hampered by injuries made him a liability on the bases. Hence John’s snarky remark about Cepeda not running out every at bat. It is said in “Malden Musings”... • We are still putting together our hockey GOAT list, but let me throw this out there really quick; Malden’s own parking enforcer by day and (former) legendary bench boss by night, Daryl Smith – a man so commanding he could intimidate the white off rice who was a towering figure in the city’s hockey scene for decades – mentioned to me recently that although Kevin McGlinchy made his bones in baseball with the Atlanta Braves he insisted that Kevin excelled at hockey and could have easily advanced if a pro baseball career didn’t come calling. • As we all know, Kevin was a once-in-a-lifetime pitcher! Pure heat and ice in his veins. But the kid could also light it up with the timber. Nothing sticks in my mind like the moonshot he launched at age 12 on Bruce Field at Devir Park. That ball must’ve traveled 350 feet (well past Paula Angelo’s house) – no exaggeration. I can still see Mike McCarthy, Tommy Denehy and (the late) Joe Croken diving for cover in the Irish American parking lot as the ball ricocheted like a firecracker in a pinball machine, lighting up the early evening and their nerves. Yeah, it’s part myth, part miracle – but all Kevin McGlinchy. • “Malden Musings,” ears to the ground, has learned that young Danny Gilligan is just killing it as one of the Malden’s newest employees at Macdonald Stadium on Pearl Street. It has been told from Eddy’s Diner on Beech Street in Linden to China Garden on Highland Avenue in Edgeworth that Recreation Director Joseph E. Levine and Admin. Assistant Laura Perez have made yet another boffo hire! • Thank the deity of your choice and count your blessings that we live in a city with such an outstanding fire department! Next time you wonder where your taxpayer dollar is spent, remember these awesome professionMUSINGS| SEE PAGE 16 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 Open Tues. - Sat. at 4:00 PM Closed Sun. & Mon. Announcing our Classic Specials Dine In Only: * FREE Salad with purchase of Entree, Tuesdays & Wednesdays * Cheese Pizza - Only $10 Catch ALL The Live Sports Action On Our Large Screen TV’s Scan & Follow Us on Facebook! www.810bargrille.com Spring is Here!
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