My father turns 75 years old today. Eight years ago I gave a speech at his retirement party. I’ve since lost the text to the speech but part of it touched upon his love for the Red Sox, his belief…
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How can I feel good when nothing’s right?
This is going to make a great story when the Red Sox win the World Series, right? Man oh man. I joked during the chat last night that it would be twisted but funny if the Red Sox didn’t win…
These thoughts will be gone when you’re dead
That guy in the photo above is Billy Traber. Red Sox fans should probably be thanking him today. Sure the Sox ended up coming back with six runs but John Smoltz allowed eight. What Traber did was save the bullpen…
Feeling all of forty-five going on fifteen
I want “happy” Smoltz to translate into “good” Smoltz. Photo taken by Kelly O’Connor/sittingstill.net and used with permission. Because I spent most of the weekend doing other things and not totally focused on the Sox, I had it in my…