| Hugh McElaney | ||||||||||
| Address: | 103 Hobbs Road, Princeton, MA 01541 | |||||||||
| Phone: | 978-464-2856 | |||||||||
| Email: | worcester_grays@earthlink.net | |||||||||
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| Hometown: | Needham, MA | |||||||||
| Birthdate: | 6/14/1951 | |||||||||
| Occupation: | Procurement Analyst (soon to be retired, then hoping to teach and/or write) | |||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | |||||||||
| Kids: | Holly (Golden Retriever). | |||||||||
| Favorite Teams: | Red Sox, 1960 Pirates, and whoever is playing the Yankees. | |||||||||
| Favorite Players: | Ted Williams, Earl Wilson, Luis Tiant, Lonny Frey . . . and Don Buddin | |||||||||
| Claim to fame: | ||||||||||
| During his days as a Red Sox shortstop in the late '50s and
early '60s, Buddin rented a house four doors up the street from my house in
Needham. I got him to sign my glove one early Saturday morning (no, I was not being a wise guy). He came to the door in his boxer shorts with a glass of OJ in his hand and seemed a little puzzled - guess not too many folks asked for his autograph in a town where he was routinely the butt of fan and media jokes for his defensive "issues" and what was seen as a general incompetence that mirrored the club's as a whole. But, hey, the guy signed my glove, so he became a favorite. As I grew older I bought into the general perception of Buddin as a bad shortstop, and it was only very recently that I looked at his numbers again and realized you could have done a lot worse than to have him playing the position for you from 1956-1961. |
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| LEAGUE INFORMATION | ||||||||||
| LEAGUE | TEAM NAME | STADIUM | CHAMPIONSHIPS | |||||||
| SPB-1 | ||||||||||
| SPB-2 | Winter Harbor Seals | Memorial Stadium (Bal.) | 1967 | |||||||
| SPB-3 | Worcester Grays | Municipal Stadium | 1939,1940 | |||||||
| SPB-60 | ||||||||||
| SPB-X | ||||||||||