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Tag Archives: Ted Williams Statue
Where the Past Meets the Future…..
While the Red Sox were alternately napping with their bats and dancing with the raindrops this weekend in Anaheim; and subsequently getting drubbed by a collective 18-4 in a Monday doubleheader; I, along with some very special peeps, took a ride … Continue reading
The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Fourth Stanza, Back from the Darkness of the Abyss…..REVISITED
The Red Sox/Yankee rivalry really began as the rivalry between Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. For in the first 20 years of the American League the Yankees were pretty bad and the Red Sox were the best team in baseball. … Continue reading
“Signifying an end as well as a beginning…..Symbolizing renewal as well as change.” John F Kennedy January 20, 1961
The Holiday Season ended last night with the ringing in of 2015. The great rush which began days before Thanksgiving culminates with the dropping of the ball in Times Square. There is great revelry in this event. It is, for … Continue reading
Of Fenway Park All Star Games and Heroes…..
It was the bottom of the eighth inning of the 1946 All Star game. There were two outs and two men on when Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams strolled to the plate. The 34, 906 fans who had crammed … Continue reading
Happy 4th…..The Namesakes…..
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Uncle Sam, happy birthday to you! Today the United States celebrates its 236th birthday. Wow, that’s a lot of candles. Now I don’t want to be a stick in the … Continue reading
It’s a Story of Hank and Frank and Dave and Ray and Josh…..
A top of the morning to you one and all. I will be traveling for the next couple of days as I make my way north to be at Fenway Park for THE GAME on Friday! Excited does not even … Continue reading
The Anatomy of a Rivalry, the Fourth Stanza, Back from the Darkness of the Abyss…..
Tom Yawkey purchased the Red Sox in 1933, the year before Babe Ruth’s final year with the Yankees. There is a synchronicity in this ushering out of the old and in with the new; for it was Tom Yawkey who set the Red … Continue reading
“If you build it, he will come….. people will come Ray”…..Terrence Mann (played by James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams)
And on Saturday February 25, 2012 they came. They came to Daniels Parkway in Ft. Myers Florida. They came to where a century of baseball tradition in Boston merged with today and the Florida sunshine. They came to say hello to Jet … Continue reading
The Teammates…..
We’ve made our way down Yawkey Way and to the end of Van Ness Street. We’ve viewed the Banners of Championships and the Banners of Glory and as we reach where Van Ness Street melts into Ipswich Street we encounter Red … Continue reading
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“And if They Turn Out Good Enough, I Owe Every Word to You”…… Joan Baez
Today I just want to say thanks to all of you who are following and reading this blog! The excitement is building as we head to the 2012 baseball season and Fenway Park’s 100th birthday! For me, there is the … Continue reading
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