As Suzi and I stood by the rail, the fireworks went off behind the fence in right-center field. The display had the usual excitement of the initial colorful explosions, followed by a series of small and medium bursts leading up to a finale that always looks like a last, desperate attempt to shoot everything off …
Continue reading A series of random observations (and baseball … and fireworks)
When we left Hadlock Field a couple summers ago, I didn’t know where and when my next baseball game would be. It probably wouldn’t have been a return visit to Portland, not right away, but maybe there would be a road trip to Cape Cod in our future. Manchester and Lowell are two of my …
Well, it’s finally going to happen. Barring any unforeseen problems in the next 24 hours or so, Opening Day is tomorrow. Sure, the season is only 60 games and for all we know, the Blue Jays could be playing in the park down the street from my house if it weren’t all torn up (or, …
Worcester, Massachusetts, is about 30 miles from my house. The city has a team, the Bravehearts, that plays summers in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League … a league that, assuming it gets the official sign-off, will not only have games this summer, but games fans can attend. Can you see what I’m getting at? However, …
The Boston Globe asked its baseball writers to share their favorite and least-favorite ballparks. On Sept. 25, 2016, I wrote about Dodger Stadium, which would rank higher on my list if the customer service wasn’t so bad. Dodger Stadium is still a beautiful ballpark. Yes, it’s more than 50 years old, but it’s not a relic. …
I don’t want to see the Red Sox winning the World Series, so I didn’t watch last night’s game. I spent all day today crabby about the result, wondering why none of the stories about how the Red Sox are one of the greatest teams ever mention their payroll, when for years you couldn’t read …
Wrigley Field is one of baseball’s crown jewels, and as such, if you’re a baseball fan, you should want to go there. As my wife and I were planning our vacation to Chicago, I wanted to make sure it included a day the Cubs were playing at home so I could go. Today was that …
Continue reading Finally, Chicago: It’s great to be a baseball fan
The first thing I liked about baseball was playing it. That shouldn’t be much of a revelation, but reading an article in The Comeback about what some of its staff writers like about baseball actually made me think about it. Not in the sense of “Yeah, why DO I like baseball?” but more in that …
One of my favorite jokes is that while I’ve always known my wife is smarter than me, she clinched it by making sure she spent her 40th birthday in New Orleans, while four months later, I spent mine at work. This year, we spent her birthday at “Hamilton” in London, and while I did have …
Gabe Kapler, come have a seat next to me. All you guys in those analytics departments, take a break and listen to this, because I have an idea that is going to revolutionize the way you do your jobs.
A Silly Place 