Sayoonara Gabe

Gabe Kapler will be a Giant in Japan.

His time in Boston was spent as a outfield bench player, starting several games in place of injured right fielder Trot Nixon, and though he was never seen as a star in the Major Leagues, it is likely that the Yomiuri Giants will see him as godzilla playing outfield everyday.

As I always liked to call him, "Mr. Body Man," Gabe Kapler will be missed. Not only by the bombardment of single women who enjoyed his extreme body, but by the Red Sox clubhouse who will miss his personality. Gabe was one of the many men who contributed to the team chemistry that fueled the Red Sox through the 2003 & 2004 seasons.

Kapler's bat is one that likely could have found a starting home elsewhere in Major League Baseball, but following one of the greatest seasons in recent baseball history it is not completely strange to want to test the waters elsewhere for a while.

Gabe is the first of the 2004 World Champions to leave in an offseason that could see a clubhouse almost identical to that of last season or one that is completely radical to which. Either way in an offseason that includes many big name free agents it is not unreasonable to feel safe with Theo Epstein at the healm of the Red Sox never-ending rolling rally.




Paolo DeVito
Philly's Own Fenway Faithful