RIP George 'Boomer' Scott

[ifilus]

Scott played in the majors from 1966 to 1979, mainly with the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. He hit 271 career home runs and won eight Gold Gloves.

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-07-29/george-scott-dies-death-red-sox-brewers

 

[Songbird]

I had many of these, vintage '79.

 

[jr/shotglass]

That was one big Boomer ... and could he rock those sideburns.

RIP.

 

[mpcincal]

RIP. I mainly remember him from his last stint with the Red Sox (Even in 1978, the Red Sox-Yankees were front and center on Monday Night Baseball and NBC Game of the Week). As a kid, I just recall him as the guy with the gold necklace who wore the batting helmet when playing first base.

 

[YankeeFan]

Retired a Yankee.

 

[YankeeFan]

Of the '78 Sox, he, Butch Hobson, and Luis Tiant all eventually played for the Yankees.

I'm not sure any '78 Yankees ever went on to play for the Red Sox.

 

[Steak Snabler]

RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Red Sox/Brewers 1B in the 1960s and 70s:

http://m.ddtonline.com/mobile/news/article_9794d3ee-f86b-11e2-8577-001a4bcf887a.html

 

[exmediahack]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Dang. Loved that guy.

#0 which, as a 4-year-old, I thought was cool as hell.

He only played two months with my1979 Royals but I remember him as a DH and at first. Big guy. Gigantic smile in the program.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Same here. Loved him, even though he always played for rival teams. He seemed larger than life. Good hitter and surprisingly agile and a soft glove for a man that big. Dunno why, but one of my thoughts is that he is one of those guys who just missed making real money playing baseball. Only by 5 to 10 years and he'd have probably fetched 10 times what I suspect he got paid. RIP.

 

[Drip]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Had the pleasure of interviewing him in his Greenville a couple of years ago. He had all of his Gold Gloves and many autographed baseballs. RIP to a Mississippi sports legend.

 

[old_tony]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Same here. Loved him, even though he always played for rival teams. He seemed larger than life. Good hitter and surprisingly agile and a soft glove for a man that big. Dunno why, but one of my thoughts is that he is one of those guys who just missed making real money playing baseball. Only by 5 to 10 years and he'd have probably fetched 10 times what I suspect he got paid. RIP.

The first Brewers player to crack the $100,000 mark.

 

[Sea Bass]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Every time I heard the guy's name, I'm reminded of what Spaceman Lee said the first time he saw the orange ring around the roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium:

"It looks like what George Scott wore around his stomach when he was trying to lose weight."

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Always remember him as one of the guys who wore a helmet when he played in the field.

 

[Drip]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

What's sad is that the obit written in the Delta Democrat Times has Scott listed as 71. He was 69. I believe this was the first story written by the reporter. Wow.

 

[Drip]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

Always remember him as one of the guys who wore a helmet when he played in the field.

In the minors, someone was hurling objects at him. He took to wearing it for protection.

 

[mpcincal]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

This guy must have really been something if we have two threads about him on this board.

 

[Drip]

Re: RIP George "Boomer" Scott

This guy must have really been something if we have two threads about him on this board.

He was.

 

[ifilus]

RIP. I mainly remember him from his last stint with the Red Sox (Even in 1978, the Red Sox-Yankees were front and center on Monday Night Baseball and NBC Game of the Week). As a kid, I just recall him as the guy with the gold necklace who wore the batting helmet when playing first base.

He liked to say his necklace was made of second basemen's teeth.

 

[Huggy]

RIP. I mainly remember him from his last stint with the Red Sox (Even in 1978, the Red Sox-Yankees were front and center on Monday Night Baseball and NBC Game of the Week). As a kid, I just recall him as the guy with the gold necklace who wore the batting helmet when playing first base.

He liked to say his necklace was made of second basemen's teeth.

I remember that too!

 

[old_tony]

I'm thinking it was around 74 or 75 (OK, just looked it up and it was 1973), I got tickets for my birthday to a Sunday doubleheader against the Yankees. Scott hit a grand slam to almost the top row of the bleachers at County Stadium off Sam McDowell, leading a Brewers sweep.