Like Bill Haselman , then the catcher behind the plate, now the Red Sox first base coach, Trot Nixon was wearing a Red Sox uniform Sept. 18, 1996. You might have missed him, on the end of the bench during that night's game in Detroit, as Roger Clemens pitched. Nixon was a rookie, a self-proclaimed quiet one at that, who ... (Full article: 1022 words)

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