Morning sports update: Tom Brady accidentally walked into a stranger’s home looking for Bucs’ offensive coordinator
"I'll never forget it for the rest of my life, and he goes, 'Am I in the wrong house?'"
On Wednesday, Major League Baseball released the results of its long awaited investigation into allegations of Red Sox sign-stealing in 2018. In total, the league found Red Sox misconduct in using the video replay room, but noted that it was far less impactful than the Astros’ sign-stealing scheme in 2017.
In the end, the league punished Boston by taking away a 2020 second-round draft pick, and handing down a punishment on the team’s replay room operator, J.T. Watkins. As for Alex Cora, he remains suspended for the season, but strictly for his role in Houston’s scandal (and not his time in Boston).
Tom Brady walked into the wrong house: Tom Brady’s acclimation to Tampa has had a few humorous mistakes so far. He was spotted working out in a local park that was supposed to be closed, and was asked to leave.
And he reportedly walked into a stranger’s home by mistake when looking to meet with Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich.
Tampa resident David Kramer told TMZ that Brady walked into his home after he mistook it for Leftwich’s residence. In a video interview, Kramer — Leftwich’s neighbor — explained how he went from working in his own home to suddenly being face-to-face with the 42-year-old quarterback.
“I literally was just sitting here and I watch this tall guy just walk in my house,” said Kramer. “He had a baseball hat on, I remember him being a good looking guy. I noticed him being very tall. The funny thing about it was he had luggage, or duffel bags on each shoulder, and he didn’t even look at me. He just like dropped his duffel bags down on the floor and just kind of like looked up at me and I’ll never forget the look on his face. He goes, ‘Hey, how’s it going, man?'”
Brady quickly realized his mistake.
“And then he looked at me with the most confused face, I’ll never forget it for the rest of my life, and he goes, ‘Am I in the wrong house?'”
Kramer said he was so shocked that he froze, but Brady apologized and left.
“He was like, ‘I am so sorry! I am so sorry!'” Kramer explained. “[He] grabbed his bags and just is gone. I don’t think I’ve seen someone leave a house faster.”
Note: Kramer uses strong language in the video interview.
Trivia: Four Red Sox players in the last 50 years have had at least one season in which they’ve hit 10 or more triples. Can you name those players?
(Answer at the bottom).
Hint: Their initials are JD, JE, JO, JR, NG.
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Red Sox president Sam Kennedy doesn’t believe the 2018 championship is invalidated
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🗣️ “In no way do I think it’s appropriate to invalidate the accomplishments of the 2018 team based upon this infraction.”
Red Sox President Sam Kennedy makes the case for why he believes the sign-stealing scandal doesn’t tarnish the team’s 2018 World Series championship 🏆 pic.twitter.com/NKCUwzbanE
— NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSBoston) April 23, 2020
Paul Pierce, Rachel Nichols, and Kendrick Perkins remember the first time they met Michael Jordan:
On this day: In 1919, Babe Ruth hit an inside-the-park home run against the Yankees in a 10-0 Opening Day win. The defending World Series champions got off to a fast start in the first inning, thanks to Ruth’s exhilarating hit.
“Ruth, swinging hard on an outside ball, drove it over Mogridge’s head about 12 feet high and straight out toward Duffy Lewis, who was making his American League debut in centerfield,” wrote Boston Globe reporter Melville E. Webb Jr. “Babe’s liner looked like a simple enough base hit, but o[h] how the old ball did travel.”
Ruth went on to hit 29 home runs that season, setting a new single season record (which he would top in future seasons after leaving Boston for New York).
Classic rewind: An eight-run comeback against the Rays in April, 2018.
Trivia answer: Johnny Damon, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Offerman, Jim Rice, Nomar Garciaparra.
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