Carbo Loading

10/21/1975  Bernie Carbo, Boston pinch hitter, belts a home run into the center field seats to drive in two and tie the sixth game of the World Series in the eighth inning. Pitcher is Rawley Eastwick for the Reds; catcher is Johnny Bench and umpire is Dave Davidson.
(AP File Photo)

Bernie & Filled: Carbo Didn't Need No Stinkin' Steroids
With Everything He Was On

Stan Grossfeld: Carbo Now a Cleaned-Up HItter | Photos
Real '75 Game 6 Hero Bernie Carbo Now Admits He Was High on Drugs
at the Time of his Famous 8th Inning, 2-Out, 3-Run Blast

Bernie Carbo on the night of his famous Game 6, game-tying three-run homer in the 8th inning: "I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark took some Dexedrine and Benzedrine (amphetamines), took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco, had a cigarette and got up to the plate and hit."


True Religion

MOBILE, ALABAMA- February, 27, 2010:  Former Red Sox  Bernie Carbo started the Diamond Club Ministry to worship Jesus Christ. He recently ran a baseball fantasy camp at Hank Aaron Stadium to mix baseball and religion. Here he loosens up before an at bat.
(Stan Grossfeld / Globe Staff)

And After a Weekend at Bernie's, You'll Find It

Former Red Sox Bernie Carbo started the Diamond Club Ministry to worship Jesus Christ. He recently ran a baseball fantasy camp at Hank Aaron Stadium to mix baseball and religion. -- 4.1.10, Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe


More Interested in Josh Beckett Approaching 20 Wins vs. $70 Million
Roster Shaping Up: Atchison Makes It, Embree Out, Ellsbury Sore
Rotation: Beckett Gets Opening Night. Lester, Lackey, Wakefield, Buccholz All In.
Will The $103M, Pedro Without the Portfolio, Matsuzaka Be Missing Til May?
Sox Agree to Terms with Schoeneweis, Frandsen. Yes, Kevin Frandsen.

BDD is a feature of Boston.com. The site is not produced by the Boston Globe sports dept.

Boston Globe:

Ask Nick: Are Red Sox angling for trades? > Big jump for Bradley? > Dempster's debut outing is very striking > Red Sox season ticket holders fleeing now

Boston Herald:

Youkilis at peace as a Yankee > Jackie Bradley, Jr. a quick study in major league camp > Net job up for Bobby Valentine > Mike Lowell lends a glove to tutor Middlebrooks

ProJo:

MLB players union has left some if its members out in the cold > Dempster gets off to strong start > Sox have plenty of arms ... just in case > Wakefield prepared to lend Wright a hand

NY Post:

Crock & Role: Girardi, GM dismiss Joba's talk of starting or closing for Yankees > Steinbrenner A-OK with Alex's portrayal in Yankees kids movie > Youkilis not worried after being pulled from Yankees lineup > Desperate Damon makes plea to be Yankees' Granderson sub

Following feed provided by
Subscribe to Dirt DogsWhat's RSS?

Please e-mail us thoughts, images, attachments here.

The "Curt’s Pitch for ALS" program is a joint effort by Curt and Shonda Schilling and The ALS Association Mass Chapter to strike out Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Support SHADE!

The SHADE Foundation thanks Red Sox Nation for joining in their fight to save future generations from melanoma.
Hot Stove, Cool Music
Get the CD. Support Paul and Theo Epstein's Foundation to be Named Later.