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“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
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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Tagged "Pumpsie" Green, baseball, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, mlb, Red Sox, sports, Ted Williams, vic-wertz
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OF ALL-STAR GAMES, STREAKS AND PURSUITS… “The best of times, the worst of times.” Charles Dickens
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
APRIL 23, 1967, YAZ, WILLIAMS, SPAHN, HUBBELL, TED, HOYT, HANK AND MORE…
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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Tagged baseball, baseball-history, Boston Red Sox, boston-latin, Carl Hubbell, Dick Williams, federal-league, Fenway Park, george-washington, Hank Aaron, hoyt-wilhelm, mlb, robert-e-lee, shakespeare, sports, Ted Williams, Warren Spahn, washington-college, washington-lee-university, Wrigley Field, Yaz
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SIX YEARS GONE…PUMPSIE, EARL, GENNARO AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD KID.
“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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Tagged "Pumpsie" Green, Babe Ruth, baseball, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Dalton Guthrie, Earl Wilson, Fenway Park, Jackie Jensen, Jerry Casale, Mike Rivera, mlb, Orion Kerkering, Pete Runnells, Red Sox, sports, Ted Williams, Venice High School Baseball
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Musings Born of “67”…
This morning, I awoke with visions of “67” dancing in my head. It happens once in a while, the year, the magic. My son tells me I give too much reverence to baseball’s bygone days, and he may, in fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, 1967 Red Sox, Alexander Cartwright, Battle of the Bulge, Billy Martin, Carl Yastrzemski, Chase Utley/Reuben Tejada, Dick Williams, Earl Weaver, Elysian Fields, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Lou Pinella, Mickey Mantle last RBI, Nolan Ryan, Remegan Bridge, Ted Williams, Triple Crown, Walter Johnson, Warren Spahn, Yaz
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‘The Hardest Thing to do in All of Sports, Without Question, Is to Hit a Baseball.” Ted Williams
This one is for baseball coaches at every level. I have been knocking around a baseball field with kids for the better part of three decades. They have ranged in age from five to 20, from T-Ball to high school. … Continue reading
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Tagged All Time Highest Batting Average, Baseball Coaching Tips, Coaching Baseball, Cotton Davidson, Last .400 hitter, Mental Toughness, Pat Kelly, Rogers Hornsby, Shawn Marion, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ted Williams, The Toughest Game to Play, Ty Cobb
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“Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.” Yogi Berra
Last Saturday August 1, 2015 baseball history was made. For the first time the reigning league MVP’s faced each other in a game. Well it’s sorta true. Thanks to the not so great idea of interleague play, it happened during the regular … Continue reading
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The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Eighth Stanza…..REVISITED
This was originally published in July of 2012. It recaps the entire rivalry and takes the story into the 70s. Enjoy…. The Sox head to Yankee Stadium tonight (the fake one) where their historic 2012 season could effectively be put … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Orioles Four 20 game winners, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Dave McNally, Fred Lynn, Jim Palmer, Jim Rice, Korean War, Mike Cueller, Mr. October, Pat Dobson, Red Sox/Yankee Fights, Red Sox/Yankee Rivalry, Reggie Jackson, Ted Williams, Thurman Munson, Yaz, Yogi Berra
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