Lomasney grew up in Peabody, Massachusetts, where he played both baseball and football. He became a local hero when he caught for the Peabody High School baseball team that won the Greater Boston League Championship and played quarterback and defensive end for two Massachusetts Super Bowl teams. Lomasney was named the MVP of the Greater Boston League, Player of the Year, and a member of All-Scholastic teams in football and baseball.\n', '

After being selected by Boston in the fifth round of the 1995 MLB draft, Lomasney signed with the Red Sox on June 29, 1995. He became a rising star in the system, and given his roots, a much-hoped-for future Fenway Park favorite.\n', '

In 1999, Lomasney split time between the Class A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox and Double-A Trenton Thunder; overall he batted .259 with 20 home runs and 59 RBIs and was named Minor League Player of the Year for Sarasota. Lomasney\'s major league career consisted of a single game played at Camden Yards in Baltimore on October 3, 1999, the final regular season game for the 1999 Red Sox. He came into the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Varitek in the bottom of the fifth inning. Offensively, Lomasney batted twice, striking out both times, while defensively he threw out two runners who tried to steal second base. Scott Hatteberg replaced Lomasney in the bottom of the 10th inning as Tim Wakefield retired the side to save a 1–0 Boston victory.\n', '

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