Slug: sp/hobson8 Date: June 27, 2008 Photographer: Toni L. S

Slug: sp/hobson8 Date: June 27, 2008 Photographer: Toni L. Sandys/TWP Neg #: 202289 Hughesville, MD Butch Hobson is a baseball survivor. A star on the 1978 Boston Red Sox, he managed the team for three seasons in the early 90s and later descended into drug addiction. Now he is back in baseball, and this season he is managing the first-year independent Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, who play in Hughesville. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs manager Butch Hobson, center, right, jokes around with Somerset Patriots manager Sparky Lyle, a former major league pitcher, before the start of a game against Somerset Patriots on Friday, June 27, 2008. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)