{"id":38722,"date":"2025-03-02T10:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T10:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=38722"},"modified":"2025-03-02T10:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T10:11:41","slug":"report-red-soxs-garrett-crochet-gives-reaction-to-new-unique-nickname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=38722","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Red Sox\u2019s Garrett Crochet Gives Reaction To New (Unique) Nickname"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2016909\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/garrett-crochet_8b6997.jpg\" alt=\"Garrett Crochet Gives Update On Red Sox Contract Extension Talks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet has been bestowed a very, <em>very<\/em> unique nickname.<\/p>\n<p>NESN\u2019s Lou Merloni has started calling him \u201cThe Pig.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s a term of endearment. Merloni came up with the descriptor after watching the young ace for the very first time, saying it was the only way he could accurately describe how \u201cfilthy\u201d the pitcher was.<\/p>\n<p>How does Crochet feel about it, though?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like \u2018The Pig,&#8217;\u201d Crochet said in an interview with the \u201cSection 10\u201d podcast on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s blowing up in my Instagram comments. My wife thinks it\u2019s hilarious, so I\u2019m just rolling with it for her sake right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merloni spent the last several weeks hammering the nickname home, so you can expect it to stick around for a while. Crochet is expected to start on Opening Day in Texas, which will be the first of hopefully many National Pig Days.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The Red Sox hope so, anyway.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet has been bestowed a very, very unique nickname by NESN analyst Lou Merloni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Red Sox\u2019s Garrett Crochet Gives Reaction To New (Unique) Nickname - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=38722\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: Red Sox\u2019s Garrett Crochet Gives Reaction To New (Unique) Nickname - 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