We're taking bets that Lou Gorman never really got his due...

Today is a sad day and not because someone April Fool's Day pranked me. Old Red Sox GM Lou Gorman passed away at the age of 82. He did a great job of assembling one of the Red Sox best teams in 1986 and helped them to the play-offs two other times. His most genius moves were getting Dave Henderson and Spike Owen for the '86 play-off run, drafted Curt Schilling, John Valentin, Mo Vaughn, Jeff Bagwell and Trot Nixon, and brilliantly hired snow plow driver Joe Morgan to resurrect a falling team. Sadly he did trade away Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson in one of the worst trades ever, but we will forgive him for that. In fact if he hadn't gotten Trot Nixon the Sox would have never won the World Series in 2004. Thanks for everything Lou Gorman I tip my cap to you.















photo courtesy of the Boston Globe