Did Atlanta Braves pitcher Derek Lowe comment on his return to Boston?
Happy returns for Lowe Posted by Ben Collins, Globe Correspondent June 19, 2009 04:53 PM Derek Lowe is almost painfully nostalgic. Of course, he’s earned the right to be. He’s back in Fenway Park in an opposing uniform for the first time since leaving Boston for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent after the 2004 season. Lowe spent eight seasons with the Sox, where he was a two-time All-Star and a postseason hero in ’04, winning the clinching game in all three playoff series. So nostalgic — yep, that makes sense. But lost? “I spent eight years here and I didn’t even know where the visitors’ clubhouse was,” Lowe said Friday night, just before his new team, the Atlanta Braves, dispatched of Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Red Sox, 8-2. Aside from testing out the temporary new digs, he’s spending his time trying to get back in touch with Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield, his two closest friends left from the 2004 championship team. “You do as much as you can seeing people,” he said. “I texte
Did Atlanta Braves pitcher Derek Lowe comment on his return to Boston?