* 2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit ( see Operation Red Dawn ).

Former British Intelligence officer Graham Greene examined the morality of espionage in left-wing, anti-imperialist novels such as The Heart of the Matter ( 1948 ) set in Sierra Leone, the seriocomic Our Man in Havana ( 1959 ) occurring in the Cuba of dictator Fulgencio Batista before his deposition by Fidel Castro's popular Cuban Revolution ( 1953 – 59 ), and The Human Factor ( 1978 ) about British support for the apartheid National Party government of South Africa, against the Red Menace.

* March 16 – Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro is kidnapped by the Red Brigades ; 5 bodyguards are killed.

Former Simply Red session guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, a former classmate of Pete Garner's at Burnage High School, was recruited.

Former Boston Red Sox firstbaseman / outfielder Brian Daubach was hired as the hitting coach midway through the 2008 season.

Former Red Sox reliever Rich " El Guapo " Garces appeared in the Pride bullpen in 2007 and 2008.

* Former NFL players Red Cochran and Jim Tolbert were born in Fairfield.

* Former Boston Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli was born in Kingman.

* Charlie Maxwell Former MLB player for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox.

Former Red Sox pitcher Steven Dennett was born and raised in Hudson, Florida.

Former Los Angeles Dodger and Boston Red Sox outfielder Billy Ashley attended Belleville High School.

Former Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball coach Larry Hays attended school in Dora.

Former location of the Red Front Store and IOOF Hall which was destroyed by fire on November 7, 1961.

* Red Ames ( Former Major League Baseball player )

In 1931, the Chinese Soviet Republic's government was established in Ruijin ( 瑞金, Gan: Suì-kim ), which is sometimes called the " Former Red Capital " ( 红色故都, Gan: Fūng-set Kū-tu ), or just the " Red Capital ".

Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi claimed under oath that, in a séance held in 1978 with other professors at the University of Bologna, the " ghost " of Giorgio La Pira spelled the name of the street where Aldo Moro was being held by the Red Brigades in a Ouija.

Former Padres President Larry Lucchino became president and CEO of the Red Sox on November 25, 2002, and hired Epstein to work under him.

Former Red Dog Alvin Ashley was back with the club, seeing limited duty ; however, this time around the main New Jersey receiver was Mike Horacek, who had starred for the Iowa Barnstormers, and who later returned to that franchise to play for the Dragons.

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers / future Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons joined for the Third Eye tours, and appears in the promotional video for " Annie's Gone ", which saw some light rotation on MTV.

On 30 May 1920 General Aleksei Brusilov published in Pravda an appeal entitled “ To All Former Officers, Wherever They Might Be ”, encouraging them to forgive past grievances and to join the Red Army.

Former Red Star & Real Madrid football coach legend Miljan Miljanić, was also member of Red Star ’ s football youth school.

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Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa managed the Iowa Oaks in 1979 prior to becoming manager for the Chicago White Sox.

Former Sox second baseman Mike Andrews served as the play-by-play announcer and Kent Derdivanis provided color commentary.

* Connie Ryan ( Class of 1938 ), Former MLB player ( New York Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox ) and MLB manager ( Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves )

* Dalton Jones, Former MLB player ( Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers )

* Former Boston Red Sox players and personnel in the National Baseball Hall of Fame ( NBHOF ) in Cooperstown, New York will be automatically enshrined in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

Former White Sox player Robin Ventura was named manager for the upcoming 2012 season.

* Bobby Guindon, Former MLB player ( Boston Red Sox )

*" Former baseball team here great, baseball player here " ( Meant to be sarcastic ; for example, " Former Red Sox great, Eric Gagne ")

Former Boston Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell is from Fort Myers, and was instrumental in bringing his team to the city for spring training.

Former manager for the Yankees, Joe McCarthy came out of retirement after a feud with Yankee ownership to sign with the Red Sox as their manager in 1948.

* Former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo's 2005 cover album, Covering the Bases, includes a version of the song.

Former Boston Red Sox teammate Bill Lee once said of Burleson, " Some guys didn't like to lose, but Rick got angry if the score was even tied.

* Bill Hunnefield, Former MLB player ( Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Braves, New York Giants )

Former Nova High School players to see game time with a Major League Baseball team include Doug Johns ( Baltimore Orioles ) ( Oakland Athletics ), Harry Chappas ( Chicago White Sox ), Michael Morse ( Washington Nationals ), Jeff Fiorentino ( Baltimore Orioles ), and Anthony Swarzak ( Minnesota Twins ).

Former Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings said:

Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park " a shrine ".

Former pitcher Larry Christenson, the starting pitcher in the original game, came out wearing this old burgundy uniform, and was the only one to do so.

Former pitcher Josh Kinney who played for the Rascals in 2001 ( 21 innings, 18 strikeouts, 1. 71 ERA ) became the first Rascal player, and second in franchise history, to make it to the Major Leagues.

* Ray King, Former MLB relief pitcher

* Mark Acre, Former Major League Baseball pitcher

* Jim Colborn: Former Major League Baseball pitcher and current pitching coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

* Dennis Dove, Former MLB pitcher

Former players for the Dutch Masters include Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants ( was supposed to pitch the opener in the 1989 World Series, but an earthquake had other ideas ); Mark Scheiwe, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1979 ( the same year Scott was drafted by the Giants ), but never making it to the big league because of injury ; and Ernie Westfield, who played in the Negro League and still represents them publicly.

* Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dana Kiecker was born in Sleepy Eye.

* Darold Knowles ( 1941-) -- Former MLB relief pitcher.

* Former Major League Baseball pitcher Johnny Podres was born in Witherbee.

* Ben Shields, Former Major League Baseball pitcher

* Hoyt Wilhelm, Former Major League Baseball pitcher

* Former Major League Baseball pitcher Vince Horsman ( Oakland A's ) is from Dartmouth.

* Former New York Mets pitcher Jon Matlack currently resides in Norwich

Former pitcher Carl Erskine noted the increase in ex-pitchers on coaching staffs since the 1950s, whom he considered better evaluators of a pitchers ' ability to pitch late into games.

" Former Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe said that the crowd's reactions to Bartman " crushed ".

Former pitcher Eric Hillman and current pitchers Andrew Sisco, Andrew Brackman, and Chris Young have also been measured at 6 ' 10 ".

* Former New York Mets relief pitcher John Franco currently lives on the hill.

* Don Leshnock, Former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

Former Cub pitcher Mike Krukow ( who went on to play for the San Francisco Giants and is currently a broadcaster for them ) is alleged to be the source of the legendary " Krukow Kurse ".