Dirt Dog – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Thu, 07 May 2015 02:10:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 Trot ‘Dirt Dog’ Nixon recalls 2004 Red Sox magic https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/trot-dirt-dog-nixon-recalls-2004-red-sox-magic/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/trot-dirt-dog-nixon-recalls-2004-red-sox-magic/#respond Thu, 07 May 2015 11:55:37 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=424 Read More]]> Known by a variation of his middle name 'Trotman,' trotting was something this gung-ho Dirt Dog didn't do. By Carl Fredrickson (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Known by a variation of his middle name ‘Trotman,’ trotting was something this gung-ho Dirt Dog didn’t do. By Carl Fredrickson (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

He sported a Mohawk haircut. Since we often sat in the outfield, he was the player we watched close up.

The media credited him as the lead “Dirt Dog” in 2004, a brand of player willing to get dirty to win. Outfielder Trot Nixon missed part of that championship season due to injuries, but he made his presence known in the decisive game of the World Series.

In 2014, Nixon remembered what that epic year meant to him.

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