Article: Nelson de la Rosa, 38, fixture in Sox clubhouse during 2004

The unforgettable 2004 Boston Red Sox had a clubhouse defined by its eccentricities: shaggy hair, unkempt beards, a bloody sock. Amidst the "cowboy up" slogan and pregame sips of Jack Daniels, however, there was one quirk that championship season that stood out - even at 2 feet, 4 inches.

The presence of Nelson de la Rosa, Pedro Martinez's pint-sized countryman from the Dominican Republic, became an accepted element of a fall that seemed to have no end of surprises.

Mr. de la Rosa died at 4:15 a.m. Sunday at Rhode Island Hospital, according to hospital spokesman Andrea Barbosa. His agent, Andres Duran, told the Associated Press that he died from unknown causes. He was 38.

"There were plenty ...

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