What unusual position did Nick Green play in a recent Boston Red Sox game?
Jayson Nix drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox scored four times in both the second and third innings, beating the Boston Red Sox 9-5 last night to avoid a four-game sweep. With the score 9-2 in the eighth, Terry Francona turned to shortstop Nick Green to pitch, and he did well. He walked three in two hitless innings and got a big ovation as he left the game. “I didn’t know what to expect,” said Green. “I had fun.” ————– Green pitches in for Red Sox bullpen Infielder closes out loss by tossing two scoreless innings BOSTON — Finding himself on a pitcher’s mound for the first time in more than a decade, Nick Green casually licked his fingers in between pitches during the eighth inning of Thursday night’s game at Fenway Park. Moments later, he received a visit from third baseman Kevin Youkilis. “You can’t do that anymore,” said Youkilis, warning Green that he could be called for a ball if he continued going to his mouth. “You can do that in high school, but you can’t d
