His Honor, Mayor Casey

Sean Casey is called "The Mayor" and for good reason. He is one of the friendliest and most personable players in baseball. He is, it seems loved by all. I believe he was born to wear red sox. Sean's goofiness and easy smile has
already endeared him to Red Sox Nation. He agreed to a one year, $800,000 contract to spell Youk at first and also "got a trip of a lifetime {Japan} thrown in".

Casey is a 3 time All-Star. Not bad, huh? He played 11 years with the Cincinnati and a couple in Pittsburgh and Detroit. But what he really wanted to do was direct. No, I'm kidding. Casey wanted to be on a winning team. “I’m at a stage in my career where I really wanted to come to a place where I had a chance to win,” he said. “Playing first base, you get a feel for what the guys are like. I remember playing them {Red Sox} last year in Detroit, thinking, ’What a great bunch of guys.” He's right. We do have a great bunch of guys, and now he is one of them. “That was the first time in my career I was like, ‘This is what people must feel here,” he said. “In Boston, they have that feeling a lot.” He said "It seems like Game 7 of the World Series every night,” Casey said. “When I was coming in here as a visiting player, I always thought it would be cool to hear that on the home side.” Now he does and with his climbing popularity he will be hearing it even louder. Welcome to Boston, Mr. Mayor.