Fenway
08-18-2010, 04:43 PM
Chad Finn remembers a very sad day in Bosox history. It also would affect the White Sox many years later, and still does today.
http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2010/08/tony_c.html
The medical care the Red Sox provided in that era was suspect.
The Red Sox used a tiny Catholic hospital in Cambridge for years - Sancta Maria which was on Memorial Drive near MIT. In a city known for world class hospitals WHY Sancta Maria????
http://webpages.charter.net/joekuras/tonyc.gif
Why wasn't Tony rushed to Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary which is one of the best in the world. Instead he was sent to Sancta Maria and the good nuns.
This wasn't the first time a Red Sox player may have had his health compromised and in one case may well have killed a player - Harry Agganis.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/harry_agganis_obituary.shtml
The hospital never discovered the blood clot that killed him. It is very possible Harry would have survived if he had been at MGH, Beth Israel, Brigham just to name a few. They had the best equipment in the world - Sancta didn't.
Strange how the universe works. Tony's misfortune would become a pot of gold for another ballplayer that continues to this day - Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson.
If Tony C isn't beaned - Hawk never comes to Boston and becomes a 'rock star'. Hawk even after traded to Cleveland remained adored by Red Sox fans. So much so that WSBK-TV's GM Bill Flynn hires him in 1975 to do color with Dick Stockton.
Hawk would get fired by Jean Yawkey after the 1981 season for calling Haywood Sullivan an idiot and he went to the White Sox where he remains today.
None of this happens to Hawk if Tony ducked. Hawk would likely have become a golf pro somewhere.
Finally irony - Tony C was interviewed by WSBK to replace Hawk. I was told he got the job and he was flying back to San Francisco to quit his sports anchor job at KGO-TV.
It has long been rumored that Tony and his brother did some coke on the way to Logan (remember it is the early 80's and coke was still considered harmless)
Just a sad, sad story.
http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2010/08/tony_c.html
The medical care the Red Sox provided in that era was suspect.
The Red Sox used a tiny Catholic hospital in Cambridge for years - Sancta Maria which was on Memorial Drive near MIT. In a city known for world class hospitals WHY Sancta Maria????
http://webpages.charter.net/joekuras/tonyc.gif
Why wasn't Tony rushed to Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary which is one of the best in the world. Instead he was sent to Sancta Maria and the good nuns.
This wasn't the first time a Red Sox player may have had his health compromised and in one case may well have killed a player - Harry Agganis.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/harry_agganis_obituary.shtml
The hospital never discovered the blood clot that killed him. It is very possible Harry would have survived if he had been at MGH, Beth Israel, Brigham just to name a few. They had the best equipment in the world - Sancta didn't.
Strange how the universe works. Tony's misfortune would become a pot of gold for another ballplayer that continues to this day - Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson.
If Tony C isn't beaned - Hawk never comes to Boston and becomes a 'rock star'. Hawk even after traded to Cleveland remained adored by Red Sox fans. So much so that WSBK-TV's GM Bill Flynn hires him in 1975 to do color with Dick Stockton.
Hawk would get fired by Jean Yawkey after the 1981 season for calling Haywood Sullivan an idiot and he went to the White Sox where he remains today.
None of this happens to Hawk if Tony ducked. Hawk would likely have become a golf pro somewhere.
Finally irony - Tony C was interviewed by WSBK to replace Hawk. I was told he got the job and he was flying back to San Francisco to quit his sports anchor job at KGO-TV.
It has long been rumored that Tony and his brother did some coke on the way to Logan (remember it is the early 80's and coke was still considered harmless)
Just a sad, sad story.