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Celtics Pride Remembered and Revived
As I sit here watching the Celtics and Lakers compete in game two of the NBA Finals, I’m experiencing flashbacks. I was a senior at Brookline High School during the Celtics’ awesome 1985-1986 season,...
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No East Coast Kids Saw This
There are two minutes left in game four, and the Celtics are up by 4. The Celtics have just overcome a 24-point deficit, on the road, for one of the greatest comebacks in NBA Finals history. My 9...
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I’m A Member of Celtics Nation
Watching the Celtics crush the Lakers in game 6 of the NBA Finals, I have come to a few conclusions: 1. Kobe Bryant is not in the same galaxy as Michael Jordan. If the Lakers had Jordan in his prime,...
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Youth Baseball in Red Sox Nation: The Tryouts
“Tonight, you need to take your son to his summer league baseball tryouts, OK?” my wife said to me on a recent Sunday morning. No problem, I replied. I assumed that every child would be placed on a...
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Is Curt Schilling a Hall of Famer?
When I first heard that Schill would be out for the season because of shoulder surgery, I felt a cold shiver go down my spine. Deep down, I was expecting him to return just in time for the playoffs and...
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Disconnected, But Still Connected to the Sox
I found out that the Sox have seven all-stars in the Monday morning Boston Globe, which I had to drive six miles to buy. And I heard Manny Ramirez tie the game in the 8th inning with a home run on...
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Why Kids Love Josh Hamilton
All of us have read or heard about Josh Hamilton’s incredible story, and last night, many of us were lucky enough to witness on TV his stunning home run exhibition in the first round of the Home Run...
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All-Stars Under the Stars
No, the Vice President of Red Sox Nation did not get a ticket to the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Old friend Hank Steinbrenner never called. Neither did any of my other pals in New York. And as the...
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There IS Crying In Baseball
Yes, with (almost) all of our pro sports teams winning and winning and winning, it’s a great time to be a young sports fan in Boston. Winning feels so darn good, doesn’t it? But losing is part of...
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The Yankees Make Life Sweeter
The Yankees are in town for a weekend showdown, and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has written a well-timed article making a case for the forced extinction of the chant, “Yankees Suck!” I couldn’t...
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Did You Expect “Manny Being Yaz?”
Everyone is furious with Manny Ramirez because he asked for a day off on Friday night (our first game of this important series vs. the Yankees) saying his knee hurts. Dan Shaughnessy captures the...
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Mamas, It’s OK To Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Mannys
Over at Boston.com’s “Extra Bases” blog, there were over 50 comments on Monday from fans reacting to all of this Manny business. A few of them accused Manny of being a bad role model for kids. For...
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The Truth About Manny (If Only It Were That Simple…)
Is the following quotation from a book review that will eventually be written about the events that finally led to Manny Ramirez’s brilliant Red Sox career ending in a ball of flames? “The story...
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No More Manny
In Theo I trust. If he thinks this trade will help the Red Sox win another World Series ring, then I guess it really is time for Manny to go. That said, it’s hard to fathom that the Boston Red Sox just...
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Favre Being Favre
Green Bay Packers tradition. Kinship with the NFL’s most storied fans. Going out on top of his game. Legacies. Brett Favre left this all behind. Because in the end, these are not what Brett Favre is...
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It’s October Again (well, almost)
Here we go again. Another long season full of ups and downs ends with a trip for the Red Sox to the ultimate professional baseball tournament. No, it doesn’t get old. No, none of us in Red Sox Nation...
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Who’s Got Mojo?
If you’re known to many as a serious Red Sox fan, you’ve probably heard the following questions several times the last few days: “How do you think the Sox will do in the postseason?” and “Do you think...
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Ten Straight
I know Jon Lester is a lefty, but tonight he reminded me of Roger Clemens during his Red Sox days. From his poise on the mound to his velocity (regularly hitting 96mph) to his mastery of the hitters, I...
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11 Straight Wins, and 4 Straight Change-Ups
More evidence that the Red Sox “own” the Angels mentally: K-Rod throwing four consecutive change-ups to J.D. Drew when: a) K-Rod’s fastball is devastating, and b) J.D. Drew has played irregularly over...
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The Sleepless Veep
I wish I had the energy to write everything I’m thinking about the last two games of the Sox-Angels series, but like most of Red Sox Nation, I am operating today on about 5 hours sleep (and that’s the...
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