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There’s got to be a morning after, no? July 5 is one of those days. I’ve said before that my two favorite holidays each year are New Year’s Eve and the Fourth of July. This has been true for 20 … Continue reading
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With its 2-1 victory over England yesterday, the United States women’s soccer team secured a birth in the World Cup Final Sunday evening in Lyon. Perhaps you knew this already. Our national soccer team has been making quite a splash … Continue reading
Yankee strategy for the remainder of the 2019 season: play more games overseas. With their two-game sweep in London of the pesky Boston Red Sox the Bronx Bombers are now seven games up in the A.L. East, 11 over the … Continue reading
Nestle Toll House is now selling cookie dough one is supposed to consume raw. I’ve been doing it on the sly since 1982, but I do appreciate the green light on this. Not to mention the immediacy. No time to … Continue reading
Pardon my not posting on Monday. I was away at a secret beach location with spotty Internet access. Luckily I didn’t miss much. Seems the biggest news story while I was gone was Cam Newton’s attempt to bribe a fellow … Continue reading
Soda, pretzels, and beer, anyone? This is it. This is summer. And don’t look now, but the surging Nationals have pulled within three games of the slumping Phillies for second place in the NL East. The Nats ended up taking … Continue reading
Monday’s post got me thinking, again, about baseball in the late ’80s and early ’90s, when I first fell in love with the game. (Actually I spend most of my waking hours thinking about baseball from when I was a … Continue reading
In April my “local” paper did me the favor of putting together my summer reading list, a dozen or so 2019 releases featured in a baseball-themed book review section. I knew the book I looked forward to reading most was … Continue reading
Good job on your championship predictions, Mike… oh for two. More or less embarrassing than having our “national” basketball league’s champion be from outside the country? Payback, I guess, for our taking all those Stanley Cups the past few decades. … Continue reading
Times have been rare that I’ve root, root, rooted for a Boston-area sports team, but I think tonight is one of those times. Much as I hate the thought of a Boston triple of professional sports trophies, I can’t help … Continue reading