Few remember it, but in 1988, during his first year with NESN as an analyst, Remy was so awful he began praying for rainouts. He was paid $45,000 that season -- less than one-10th of what he made his final year as a second baseman -- and he assumed that would forever be the sum total of his earnings from broadcasting. "I figured it would be one and done," he recalls.

Remy is seen here with his first broadcast partner, Sean McDonough.