Kevin Plawecki, Boston Red Sox’s ‘Laundry Cart Guy,’ was urged by Jason Varitek to create fun celebration for - MassLive.com

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Kevin Plawecki, the man known for beginning the Boston Red Sox’s laundry cart celebration, has an appropriate nickname.

“The laundry cart guy,” Plawecki said. “It’s just something fun. It keeps the guys loose. Something that’s obviously taken off and here we are. An added responsibility for me every day.”

After a player hits a homer and runs the bases, his teammates push him through the dugout in a laundry cart. The Red Sox do it both on the road and at Fenway Park. Plawecki, the backup catcher, typically is one of the players pushing the cart.

Plawecki won’t take all the credit for the laundry cart celebration, which began last season. He said Jason Varitek had a lot to do with it.

“It started last year when Varitek was trying to get me to think of something fun for the guys to do after home runs,” Plawecki said. “I couldn’t really think of anything. And last year, being as tough a year as it was for all of us in general, just try to find a way to spruce things up. And I found this laundry cart in Tampa and I think (Christian) Vázquez was up to bat at the time. Tek was like, ‘Push him down the tunnel in this laundry cart.’ And here we are today still doing it.”

The Red Sox have brand new laundry cart they are using this homestand.

“We had a company reach out to us,” Plawecki explained. “They wanted to make our own custom cart. They reached out to Tommy (McLaughlin), our clubhouse manager. We put something together and here we are.”

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May 01, 2021 at 02:00PM
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