I used to be a fan of the catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. There weren’t very many of us. Saltalamacchia wasn’t very good, but in a way, that was part of the appeal. I liked his story.

Red Sox David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia and Jarrod Saltalamacchia welcomed Aldean in a video, and he walked out of the dugout to the sound of songs from his new album and signed the wall inside the ...