Tremendous story in the Boston Globe

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

On how former O's, Red Sox and Indians pitcher Sammy Stewart has been arrested 26 times in 17 years, mostly due to a cocaine habit:

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/10/25/rock_bottom/?page=full

I thought I knew a lot about the players I watched growing up, but I never heard about his downfall.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

I played in a 13-year-old Babe Ruth regional in Asheville, N.C., and the tournament T-shirts had his picture on them. Talk about a big fall (from the bigs, not some worn-out T-shirt).

 

[blondebomber]

I thought the material was fabulous. The writing was so-so.

 

[Boomer7]

I thought the material was fabulous. The writing was so-so.

The writer is actually a photographer by trade. In the past few years, he's also taken up feature writing. He's not a bad writer, but you'd think the stories he shoots would be better off in the hands of a more experienced writer.

 

[Bruce_Shoebottom]

The writing's fine. For every writer that would have done something better with it, there's got to be 20 that would have punched this up and turned it into a nauseating melodrama when the facts themselves are dramatic enough.

 

[playthrough]

Good call Bruce. It was a quick read, which you don't always get with stories like that. Hell, I'd probably overwrite it too.

 

[happygirl]

Not only is the writer (Stan Grossfeld) a photgrapher by trade, but he's a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. He generally writes feel-good fluff pieces and does a pretty good job of it.

 

[Purchase]

I hope they don't write the same type of story about me one day. The high of crack is indeed euphoric. You never quit; you just walk away and hope never to turn around again.

 

[Appgrad05]

The '86 World Series stuff at the end seemed thrown in. It's all really good info, don't get me wrong, but the story is about this man dealing with his addiction to crack. I am not sure how him not pitching in 86 has anything to do with anything.

 

[Beach_Bum]

The '86 World Series stuff at the end seemed thrown in. It's all really good info, don't get me wrong, but the story is about this man dealing with his addiction to crack. I am not sure how him not pitching in 86 has anything to do with anything.

Because, reading between the lines, his life might've turned out differently if he had played in the World Series.

 

[Gold]

I was at the game when Stewart set the record for seven straight strikeouts. Sad story.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

The '86 World Series stuff at the end seemed thrown in. It's all really good info, don't get me wrong, but the story is about this man dealing with his addiction to crack. I am not sure how him not pitching in 86 has anything to do with anything.

Well, the story did appear in the Boston Globe.