Tag Archives: Boston Red Sox

“They will come to your door as innocent as children…It will be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters, the memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces…” Terrance Mann

Posted on September 17, 2024 by fenwaypark100

My dad once told me, “The older you get; the more you realize that its all the good things that bring the tears.” The older I get the more I realize how right Dad was about so many, many things. … Continue reading →

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OF ALL-STAR GAMES, STREAKS AND PURSUITS… “The best of times, the worst of times.” Charles Dickens

Posted on July 15, 2024 by fenwaypark100

The All-Star break is here; a time held baseball tradition that dates back to 1933. For 89 times baseball has paused to celebrate its best players from each league in a one game contest with the prize being simply pride. … Continue reading →

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“CHA CHA” OR “BABY BULL” & “THE SAY HEY KID”…

Posted on July 6, 2024 by fenwaypark100

“Giants Legendary Hall of Famer Dead at 86” the newsfeed said, coming just days after my son’s text which simply read, RIP Willie Mays. Back-to-back cold shot reminders to those of us traversing the back nine of our lives, that … Continue reading →

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The Links That Bind…

Posted on May 27, 2024 by fenwaypark100

Memorial Day and the unofficial beginning of summer is upon us. And as it begins, the great website of baseball-reference.com tells us that 23,204 men have made it to the big leagues. Of those, 373 have reached the career plateau … Continue reading →

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APRIL 23, 1967, YAZ, WILLIAMS, SPAHN, HUBBELL, TED, HOYT, HANK AND MORE…

Posted on April 23, 2024 by fenwaypark100

A Sunday in Boston Massachusetts. A Sunday in which the high for the day was 56 degrees, the low only 46. Yet encompassed in that rather innocuous, disparity, was the rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning around the old … Continue reading →

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SIX YEARS GONE…PUMPSIE, EARL, GENNARO AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD KID.

Posted on March 21, 2024 by fenwaypark100

“Long ago and far away, life was clear, close your eyes. Remember is a place from long ago…Remember close your eyes and you can see” Harry Nilsson In honor of these three Venice High baseball greats, I make my return … Continue reading →

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Baseball, the Red Sox and the Fourth…..

Posted on July 4, 2015 by fenwaypark100

Good Morning and a Happy 4th to you all! Before  I begin with a heartfelt thank you to my friend Jordan Rich who hosted me in his studio on WBZ Radio to talk about the 1975 Red Sox.  My son … Continue reading →

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“Death ends a Life, not a Relationship.” Mitch Albom

Posted on January 30, 2015 by fenwaypark100

As Boston was preparing for an epic blizzard last Sunday, former Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette passed away. He was 78 years old and had been battling leukemia for the past seven years.               … Continue reading →

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Billy, Lee and Me…..

Posted on April 15, 2013 by fenwaypark100

This is Billy….. This is Lee…. And this is me….. Billy was born in San Diego California in 1945, Lee was born in Albany, New York in 1944 and I was born in Boston in 1953. Our lives would intersect … Continue reading →

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Just Shaaaaadup Will Ya…..

Posted on March 11, 2013 by fenwaypark100

Carl Crawford’s chirping!  The Dodger left fielder is chirping about how these days, turned into, these days and left him longing for, these days. In an interview with CBSSports.com, Crawford had this to say about his, not so happy days in … Continue reading →

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