I woke up this morning feeling glum, much like during the waning seconds of the tail end of my final lacrosse game in high school, where I stared from the sidelines as our team lost well aware that it was completely beyond my ability to do anything about it. It wasn’t an oppressive glumness, but [...] Read more »
Fenway Park during a night game. When school let out on a game day, there was always a desire to take my allowance for the week and wind my way down to Kenmore Square for a Red Sox game. At only eight dollars, bleacher seats were downright affordable, and those lovable losers, always in the [...] Read more »
Growing up, I loved Mark McGwire. Of all the players out there, he was the nicest, the humblest, the hardest playing. And he was damn good. For years, he dominated the major leagues. He was on pace to set the single season home run record by nearly 20 in 1993 when the player’s strike ended [...] Read more »
Before any of you immediately disregard this little essay as another Red Sox fan gloating about winning the 2007 World Series, I’d like to say this actually has little to do with the Red Sox at all. In fact, if I were to say anything about the World Series, it would be an apology offered [...] Read more »
I seem to be in a rain delay. I want to be able to feel each and every cool drop falling on me, but my grounds crew has pulled a giant tarp over me Everyone is waiting till the games resume. But it could be a while. And even then, I’ll likely be wet and [...] Read more »
I was running late, since traffic was horrific. There was still plenty of time to relax before the opening pitch, but I wanted to chum it up with my uncle before game time. Originally, it was supposed to be my grandparents and I, but my grandmother fell down the stairs and wouldn’t have been able [...] Read more »
Everybody should have seen A League of Their Own at some point in time. Last night, I went to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which I will review another time if I feel like it), and as we were coming out, Marie and I started arguing about A League of Their Own. [...] Read more »
Stepping back to baseball for a minute, even though there’s no actual baseball going on, I’d like to touch on the Grady Little issue. As most of you know, the Red Sox lost the ALCS when Pedro Martinez pitched the 8th inning and gave up 3 runs to tie the game. A lot of people [...] Read more »
Jesus, all hell broke loose yesterday at Fenway, and, quite frankly, I’m still recovering. I slept 14 hours last night since I’ve been having trouble waking up and need to get on a normal schedule. Of course, I slept 14 hours after staying up 30 in order not to sleep through the game. So now [...] Read more »
I have a friend, a Yankees fan, who riles me up whenever he can. He tells me how the Red Sox suck and how they’re cursed with real bad luck. He said his Yanks just can’t be beat; not with Damon off his feet, with Byung Hyung Kim out in the pen and with a [...] Read more »