{"id":322,"date":"2026-05-14T15:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:04:05","slug":"david-ross-is-back-in-baseball-and-shares-his-thoughts-on-the-game-his-future-and-his-time-with-2013-red-sox-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"David Ross is back in baseball and shares his thoughts on the game, his future, and his time with 2013 Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><b>David Ross<\/b> spent two years out of baseball after he was fired as manager of the Cubs following the 2023 season. He filled the void by spending more time with his kids and starting a podcast with former teammate <b>Anthony Rizzo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=321\">Game 43: Phillies at Red Sox lineups and notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Having so much time on his hands during baseball season was something new. Ross played professionally from 1998-2016, then spent three years in the Cubs front office and working for ESPN before being named Chicago\u2019s manager ahead of the 2020 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Cubs missed the postseason by a game in 2023, and the expectation was Ross would return. But when <b>Craig Counsell\u2019s<\/b> contract with the Brewers expired, Cubs president of baseball operations <b>Jed Hoyer<\/b> fired Ross and hired Counsell on the same day.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was an adjustment,\u201d Ross told the Globe. \u201cI watched my daughter play volleyball, and my son plays football. I did some speaking engagements. Little things here and there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Ted Turner managed the Braves (for one game). Imagining if that happened in Boston.<\/div>\n<p><span>Ross is now getting back involved in the game. He was the bullpen coach for Team USA during the World Baseball Classic, then rejoined ESPN and did his first game at Fenway Park on Thursday night with <b>Karl Ravech<\/b> and <b>Eduardo Perez<\/b>. He\u2019s also interested in managing again in the right situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was an easy decision with ESPN,\u201d Ross said. \u201cBeing around those guys and the whole group there is very enjoyable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The job also provides Ross the opportunity to see people around the game in person and investigate where that could lead. At 49, he still has a lot of baseball in front of him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Could that future include the Red Sox?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ross played eight games for the Sox in 2008, then rejoined the team as a free agent in 2013. He played only 36 games in the regular season because of a severe concussion, but returned in late August and started seven postseason games, including the final four of the World Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Every time Ross walks into the press box at Fenway Park, he stops to look at the photo of him hugging <b>Koji Uehara<\/b> after the final out of Game 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>There\u2019s no place like home: At Fenway Park, the Red Sox have been dreadful at plate<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s super cool,\u201d he said. \u201cSuch a great memory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After firing <b>Alex Cora<\/b> and naming <b>Chad Tracy<\/b> as interim manager, the Sox could be looking for a manager after the season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt [stinks] for Alex and for the people who are running the team there,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the business, and everybody understands that. Losing is a difficult thing, and you understand the expectations there are high \u2014 and they should be. It\u2019s really hard to win when everybody\u2019s not pulling on the same end of the rope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chief baseball officer <b>Craig Breslow<\/b> played with Ross on the \u201913 Sox. Ross caught him for two batters in Game 4 of the Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Breslow started working in the Cubs front office in 2019 when Ross was a special assistant in baseball operations. Breslow ran the team\u2019s pitching department when Ross was manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI miss managing, and I know from working with Craig that he wants to do everything he can to win,\u201d Ross said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the future would hold there, but I do know they have a talented roster and that Boston is a special place. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI feel that every time I\u2019m back there. Playing there was such a great experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s Ross on a few other topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Baseball\u2019s new rules: \u201cI love the pitch clock. The game moves a lot faster, and the dead time we used to have is gone. The players adjusted well. [Automated ball-strike challenge system] has been a positive, too. There\u2019s accountability for the umpires now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt feels like players are still getting used to the strike zone. I think it\u2019s going to benefit catchers who are good receivers because once they learn the ABS zone, they\u2019re going to be able to steal a few strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor me, the rules have been a positive. It\u2019s a better game now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling pitches from the dugout: \u201cIt could be something that takes over the game. There\u2019s so much information now, which I love. But as a catcher, I do think we see things they can\u2019t see from the bench. There are so many variables. I think you need to trust the catcher in certain situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUltimately, you want to maximize the success of the players. That\u2019s a way to do it. But if I\u2019m managing and my catcher has a feel for a certain pitch, I wouldn\u2019t second-guess him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His memories of the 2013 Red Sox: \u201cWhat a group of guys we had. After the tragedy at the Marathon, it seemed like we all felt so close to the city so fast, and that we were playing for more than ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think about <b>David<\/b> [<b>Ortiz<\/b>], <b>Jonny<\/b> [<b>Gomes<\/b>], <b>Dustin<\/b> [<b>Pedroia<\/b>], and Nap [<b>Mike Napoli<\/b>] and all those guys and how they responded to the fans. It felt like something so much bigger than us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>COOPERSTOWN NEXT?<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>New Sox Hall of Famer Lester set for HOF ballot<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Jon Lester\u2019s<\/b> induction to the Red Sox Hall of Fame on Thursday raises a good question: What logo should be on his cap if he makes it to Cooperstown?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lester will be on the ballot for the first time for 2027 induction. And while he surely won\u2019t be a first-ballot choice, Lester won 200 games, was a five-time All-Star, and was 9-7 with a 2.51 ERA in 26 postseason games. That includes a 1.77 ERA in six World Series games en route to earning three rings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m biased, but his postseason record is a difference-maker,\u201d Ross said. \u201cHe was a role model, too, with how he came back from cancer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It may take a few years, but Lester is good candidate for enshrinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lester played parts of nine seasons with the Sox and six with the Cubs. But he\u2019s been more identified with the Cubs in retirement. The Hall has the final choice on the logo after consulting with the player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A few other observations on the Red Sox:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Tracy mentioned in Detroit that the Sox will give <b>Ceddanne Rafaela<\/b> some pregame work at second base in case they want to use him there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=319\">R.I. judge blocks DOJ from obtaining medical records of transgender youth, calling the demand a \u2018drastic overreach\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>What an indictment of the roster that would be. Rafaela is one of the best center fielders in the game. Putting him at second base to accommodate one of the extra outfielders would weaken two up-the-middle positions defensively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Roman Anthony<\/b> going on the injured list makes that move far less likely in the near future. But the logjam will again be a problem once he returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Pedro Martinez noted the absence of his old Red Sox batterymate, Jason Varitek: \u2018Tek is a legend here\u2019<\/div>\n<p><span>\u25aa The Sox went into the weekend with a 48 percent success rate on ABS challenges. That was fifth worst in the majors. They were 50 percent on fielder challenges, which have all been by the catchers. Only the Nationals (45 percent) and White Sox (41) have been worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/b> was 6 of 16, and <b>Connor Wong<\/b> 5 of 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tracy said he and the coaches have been talking to the players about being more judicious about challenges. They also need to be more cognizant about leverage. Narv\u00e1ez has had four unsuccessful challenges in the first or second inning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the hitter side, <b>Willson Contreras<\/b> (1 for 4) hasn\u2019t figured it out yet. That Rafaela (2 for 5) is the most frequent challenger among Sox hitters is interesting when you consider his free-swinging ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>\u2018Show people why you play\u2019: Payton Tolle keeps his late mother\u2019s memory close as he takes the mound<\/div>\n<p><span>\u25aa <b>Will Carroll<\/b>, who tracks MLB injuries, reported the Sox are advertising for a \u201cseasonal assistant athletic trainer\u201d who would be assigned to Triple-A Worcester for the remainder of the season or possibly in Fort Myers following the amateur draft in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The listing reads, \u201cChosen candidates should expect a great learning opportunity in an advancing field of evidence-based practice while gaining valuable experience working within a professional sports medicine team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The team is paying $15 an hour, which is the minimum wage in Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s $7 less than CVS is paying store associates at its location near Fenway Park and $3 less than McDonald\u2019s is paying maintenance workers in East Boston. That job description includes cleaning the restrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>ETC.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>There was nobody like Sterling<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>You had to be a Yankees fan to truly love <b>John Sterling<\/b>. But you needed only to be a baseball fan to have appreciated him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sterling, who died on Monday at 87, was wholly original. He was a radio announcer who arrived at the ballpark for every game wearing a suit, complete with a tie and pocket square.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a sport that treasures reliability, Sterling called 5,060 consecutive games until he turned 81. He was a Broadway showman behind the mike, his bombastic home run calls and bias toward the Yankees all part of the act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But it was genuine. Sterling saw himself as an entertainer and wasn\u2019t afraid to criticize the Yankees when it was called for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere was nobody like him. I called him the Iron Horse of broadcasters,\u201d said retired Sox radio announcer <b>Joe Castiglione<\/b>, who was Sterling\u2019s contemporary. \u201cHe did every game, and I usually did, too, except for weddings and funerals. But John never missed a game. He was always there, and he did games his way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sterling and Castiglione became good friends and appeared together at offseason events, including a yearly visit to the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, N.Y.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Suzyn Waldman<\/b>, the Newton native and groundbreaking Yankees broadcaster, was part of that group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was <b>David Pomeranz<\/b>, the facility\u2019s president and a Sox fan, who came up with the idea of the team broadcasters occasionally switching booths when the Sox and Yankees played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJohn had such fun with that,\u201d Castiglione said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Like John Sterling to Yankees fans, those of us who love sports have local announcers whose voices will resonate forever<\/div>\n<p><span>You may be surprised to learn <b>Don Orsillo<\/b> studied Sterling while he was a minor league broadcaster to improve his delivery and cadence. Sox radio voice <b>Will Flemming<\/b> was also a fan and ended his call of Monday night\u2019s victory at Detroit with a Sterling-like, \u201cTheeee Red Sox win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among his peers, Sterling was respected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJohn influenced so many people,\u201d said Castiglione, who plans to call the remaining Sunday home games for the Sox this season. \u201cI really believe he deserved the Frick Award [from the Hall of Fame]. He was so unique.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sterling also had some New England ties. He attended Boston University for a time and, early in his radio career, worked at WPRO in Providence. He also loved coming to Fenway Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIsn\u2019t this great?\u201d he\u2019d say, looking out at the view of the ballpark from the press level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2023, during a Red Sox-Yankees game at Yankee Stadium, <b>Justin Turner<\/b> fouled off a ball that conked Sterling in the head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOw! Ow! Ow! It really hit me,\u201d Sterling said before going on with his call of the game as if nothing happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ball was recovered and presented to Turner to sign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo John,\u201d he wrote. \u201cNo matter where you sit at a ballgame, you\u2019re never safe!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sterling got a big kick out of it, as seemed to be the case with everything he did. That\u2019s how to live your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Extra bases<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Tarik Skubal<\/b>, <b>Garrett Crochet<\/b>, and <b>Hunter Brown<\/b> finished in the top three of the American League Cy Young Award voting last season, and now they\u2019re all on the injured list. Skubal topped out at 105 pitches over 31 starts last season, then played for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic on the condition that he start only one game. He still ended up needing elbow surgery. <b>Carlos Rod\u00f3n<\/b>, who finished sixth, has been out all season recovering from elbow surgery but is due back on Sunday. He\u2019ll join a Yankees rotation that has been the best in the American League \u2026 Strange but true: The Dodgers are 7-13 in games started by <b>Shohei Ohtani<\/b> the last two seasons despite his having a 1.82 ERA over 84 innings \u2026 Say this for the late <b>Ted Turner<\/b>: Putting the Braves on TBS turned people all over the country into fans of his team. How many of you grew up knowing as much about <b>Bob Horner<\/b> and <b>Dale Murphy<\/b> as you did about players from your hometown team? \u2026 The Cubs have won 15 consecutive games at Wrigley Field, six on walkoffs. They are 18-5 at home and have outscored opponents by 43 runs \u2026 <b>Eduardo Rodriguez\u2019s<\/b> four-year, $80 million contract with the Diamondbacks was a bust over the first two seasons. He made only 39 starts and was 12-13 with a 5.02 ERA. But the 33-year-old lefthander is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA through seven starts this season, allowing two or fewer earned runs in five of those games. Rodriguez is throwing his changeup and curveball 41 percent of the time compared with 25 percent last season. Credit the World Baseball Classic, too. Rodriguez worked harder over the offseason to be ready to play for Venezuela, lost 25 pounds, and pitched well in two starts \u2026 <b>Munetaka Murakami\u2019s<\/b> first 14 extra-base hits for the White Sox were home runs before he doubled on Monday. That was the longest such streak to start a player\u2019s major league career since at least 1900 \u2026 <b>Anthony Volpe<\/b> and the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders wrap up their series against Worcester on Sunday. It\u2019s certainly not where the 25-year-old Volpe expected to be after three seasons as the starting shortstop of the Yankees. But he was optioned to Triple-A after being activated off the injured list last Sunday. New York preferred to stay with <b>Jose Caballero<\/b>, a journeyman infielder who has played very well defensively and been close to league average as a hitter. \u201cWe\u2019re paid to make very difficult decisions,\u201d general manager <b>Brian Cashman<\/b> said. \u201cThis year\u2019s New York Yankees team \u2014 we have a lot more choices, and Caballero has emerged with his play. We had to honor that.\u201d Volpe has hit for power (52 homers) but not for average (.222) in three seasons and regressed defensively, although not to a point where he was necessarily a detriment \u2026 As Bishop Feehan lefthander <b>Brody Bumila<\/b> builds up innings and increases his velocity, there is a growing belief that he could be the first high school pitcher taken in the draft. That would likely mean Bumila is gone before the Red Sox make the 20th pick \u2026 Congratulations to UConn coach <b>Jim Penders<\/b>, who won his 800th career game this past week. He\u2019s 27th among active Division 1 coaches \u2026 Happy birthday to <b>Marino Santana<\/b>, who is 54. The righthander from the Dominican Republic had a 10-game major league career from 1998-99. That included three games with the Red Sox in July of 1999. His first two appearances were scoreless. Santana then allowed seven runs on five hits and three walks over 1\u2153 innings in a 14-5 loss at Detroit in relief of <b>Tomo Ohka<\/b>. <b>Gregg Jeffries<\/b>, <b>Jason Wood<\/b>, and <b>Luis Polonia<\/b> homered. \u201cI felt bad for the kid, you want to give him some help, but there is nothing you can do,\u201d manager <b>Jimy Williams<\/b> said. Santana was sent back to Triple-A Pawtucket two days later and never appeared in another major league game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=317\">N.H. 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