Good Morning…..
I want to thank all of you who took the time to reach out in response to yesterday’s story about my Dad. I received emails, calls and texts. Dad’s energy literally spread yesterday from coast to coast; serving as a reminder to us all that life is lived in moments and it truly is about the energy we emit, the energy we leave and the circle of energy in which we choose to run.
A friend reached out to tell me of her Mom’s passing last December. She lives in Florida, her sister lives in Italy and Mom was in New Jersey. They simultaneously arrived in the hospital parking lot. Mom passed within an hour after they had arrived, settled in and told her it was OK and it was time for her to go and “be with Dad”. The power in those words.
Another called on his way home from a day of little league baseball All Stars. A day spent with his Dad and his son. “I was reading it and thought “how blessed are we?” A good man who knows it’s all in the moments. His all star team lived to fight another day!
Then there came an email from a long lost cousin and next week we will have lunch in Boston. We have not seen each other in almost 50 years. Dad still at work.
As for yesterday’s 18th hole at the Lake Venice Golf Club…..
I hit three balls from the tee 167 yards away. The six iron was my club of choice for this par 3 closing hole….I registered a 3 and a pair of 4’s……Not bad.
The toast….”To the Greatest Man I’ve ever known.”
And……
The Moment…..Happy birthday Mook……
And so it is on this day…..TODAY…June 28, 2015…Capture a moment.
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Hello and welcome, my name is Raymond Sinibaldi. A retired history teacher, after 26 years in the classroom, a baseball fan for three score and five, I have authored 13 books. Eight about baseball and her glorious history; most recently Yankees in the Hall of Fame and Dodgers in the Hall of Fame. An aficionado of the Kennedy Administration, I have written four books in that realm and also co-authored a book of motivational stories for coaches. The first, The Babe in Red Stockings which was co-authored with Kerry Keene and David Hickey and released in 1997. It is a chronicle of Babe's days with the Red Sox. We also penned a screenplay about Babe's Red Sox days so if any of you are Hollywood inclined or would like to represent us in forwarding that effort feel free to contact me. In 2012 we three amigos published Images of Fenway Park in honor of the 100th birthday of Fenway Park. That led to the creation of this blog. The following year, 2013 came my first solo venture, Spring Training in Bradenton and Sarasota. This is a pictorial history of spring training in those two Florida cities. The spring of 2014 brought forth the 1967 Red Sox, The Impossible Dream Season. The title speaks for itself, and it also is a pictorial history. Many of the photos in this book were never published before. The spring of 2015 brought 1975 Red Sox, American League Champions. Another pictorial effort, this will be about the Red Sox championship season of 1975 and the World Series that restored baseball in America. The spring of 2016 brought 61 Motivational Stories for Every Coach of Every Sport. My first JFK effort was in 2017 with John F Kennedy in New England, which was followed by JFK From Florida to the Moon (2019) and JFK At Rest in Arlington (2020). Jackie's Newport came about in 2019 and in 2023 came both Yankees in the Hall of Fame and Dodgers in the Hall of Fame. I was fortunate enough to consult with sculptor Franc Talarico on the “Jimmy Fund” statue of Ted Williams which stands outside both Fenway Park and Jet Blue Park Fenway South, in Fort Myers Florida. That story is contained in the near 300 posts which are contained herein. Throughout the years this blog has morphed from an exclusive Red Sox focus, to a broader baseball perspective to a blog about life, with baseball a large portion of it. This year, 2024, I have reactivated this blog which lay dormant for quite some time. Welcome aboard, pass the word and feel free to contact me about anything you read or ideas you may have for a topic. Email me at fenwaypark100@gmail.com.
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