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Red Sox Fan Favorite Brock Holt Shares Epic, Boston-Laden Retirement Video

Holt spent parts of seven seasons in Boston

Scott Neville

Red Sox Fan Favorite Brock Holt Shares Epic, Boston-Laden Retirement Video
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The world of Major League Baseball lost one of the most universally loved personalities in the game. Former Boston Red Sox utility man Brock Holt called it a career Thursday.

Holt's retirement announcement was one for the ages, as he shared an epic highlight reel that included some commentary of his best moments and his iconic walk-up song "Dance Her Home" by Cody Johnson.

Along with an all-time great video, he wrote a heartfelt caption.

"Damn it that was fun," Holt shared via Instagram. "For parts of 10 years I got to do the only thing I ever wanted to do…play Major League Baseball. Today I hang them up knowing I did the best I could for me, my family, and my teammates. I’m proud of every single second of it. If you were a part of it at any point…know that I love you and I am forever grateful! We had one hell of a ride."

The slugger spent big league time with five organizations, but made his biggest mark at Fenway Park.

The good news for Red Sox fans is that he's not going anywhere. He's never going to stop being a vital member of the Jimmy Fund family, and there's growing speculation that he will be a part of the NESN broadcast after a brief stint toward the end of the 2022 season.

Fans will be rooting hard to see him in the booth next season.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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