'It was awesome' ; BC, Northeastern players soak up Red Sox mystique in exhibition games

From: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA | Date: February 29, 2008| Author: JOHN R. JOHNSON | Copyright information

The Boston Red Sox put a hurtin' on the Boston College and Northeastern baseball teams Thursday, winning a pair of split squad games by a combined 39-0. But the final score hardly mattered for Marc Perdios.

Last summer, he was just another teenager, helping the Milton American Legion Post 114 team to a third-place finish in the state championships.

Yesterday, the freshman at BC hobnobbed with the likes of David Ortiz, Josh Beckett, Jason Varitek, and a host of the supporting cast...