SouthCoastToday.com Seeks Reader Input on Most Valuable Red Sox
March 06 2009 - 5:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- During Red Sox Spring
Training, SouthCoastToday.com is running an interactive bracket to
learn which Red Sox player has meant the most to the team's fans.
Site visitors are encouraged to pick which player in each matchup
has meant the most to the Red Sox franchise. At the end of each
round, the Red Sox star who has amassed the most votes will advance
to the next round until a winner is crowned. "We know that people
in this area are passionate about the Red Sox so we wanted to do
something that we think will be fun and, hopefully, generate some
good old-fashioned sports arguments," said Fred Harwood, managing
editor for online content/new media for SouthCoast Media Group,
which publishes The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Mass., and its
flagship Web site, SouthCoastToday.com. "Rather than ask fans flat
out 'Who is the best player in Red Sox history?'" -- which is
probably too narrow a question -- we're asking which players have
been the most important to the franchise, which leaves more room
for debate," Harwood said. "For example, Curt Schilling might not
be the team's greatest pitcher of all time, but the team went 86
years without winning anything until he and his bloody sock came to
town. That's probably worth some consideration." The contest runs
from now until the Red Sox home opener on April 6th. In addition to
the bracket, fans can follow the latest spring training, World
Baseball Classic and regular season news at
southcoasttoday.com/redsox, Staff Writer Jon Couture also writes
about the Red Sox on the blog "Better Red Than Dead."
SouthCoastToday.com is also running a college basketball bracket
tournament, March Mania. Prizes include a chance to win $1,000,000.
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