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Red Sox Fans
You have to like Red Sox fans. Yesterday’s game against the Mariners was Maine Day at Fenway. New England state days are a ballpark tradition. The weather cleared as the game began. You have to like Red Sox fans. Team veteran Tim Wakefield got nicked for a couple of runs…
Read More »Farewell, Dick Williams
The former manager and player passed away last week. Here are a couple of baseball card memories of Dick Williams. The first is a Topps baseball card from 1964, and the other is his manager card from the Impossible Dream year of 1967, also a Topps card.
Read More »Farewell, Harmon Killebrew
The great Minnesota Twins teams of the mid-1960’s were favorites of mine as epic opponents of the Red Sox. Tony Oliva, Jim “Mudcat” Grant, Earl Battey, Camilo Pascual, Bob Allison, Don Mincher, Zoilo Versalles, Jim Kaat, Cesar Tovar, Ted Uhlaender, Jim Perry, Rich Rollins, and the rest. Rod Carew joined…
Read More »Talkin’ Baseball with Yaz: Dan Shaughnessy in Globe
I enjoyed this article about Carl Yastrzemski by Dan Shaughnessy in yesterday’s Globe. Web photo courtesy of boston.com (Boston Globe photo by Stan Grossfeld (c) 2008)
Read More »It’s Not Spring, but It’s Gettin’ There
Here’s a poem from a warm spell during a February long ago. In addition to being in a couple of my books, this one was included in the anthology “Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems” edited by Brooke Horvath and Tim Wiles and published by Southern Illinois University Press.—PM . Spring Fever .…
Read More »Talkin’ Baseball: Analyst Says Bosox Look Better than Yanks
Today’s NYTimes includes an analysis of recent Red Sox player acquisitions and suggests the Bosox now have the edge in A.L. East. Read Tyler Kepner’s opinion from Yankee country here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Forget Football for Five Minutes (see below)
The Globe and boston.com are running a series that’s a lot of fun. Chad Finn is presenting his favorite Topps baseball cards a five-pack at a time in synch with Topps’ 60th anniversary effort to identify its top 60 cards since 1952. See installment two today, and click the first…
Read More »The Giants Did GO!
Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle story about Willie Mays’ response to the World Series win.
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