The single most important influence on me learning to love baseball was my grandfather. He was the first man I ever saw wrapped up in baseball games on the television, screaming obscenities at who I thought was the team he loved. He was a Red Sox fan who, in the eighty years of his life, never once saw the Boston Red Sox win the World Series. One thing I remember him telling me is that “back in the day,” the biggest rivalry in sports was not actually the Red Sox and Yankees. In fact, it was the...
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Opening Day
Ah, yes, it’s Opening Day. The weather outside: delightful. The weather inside: oppressive. Regardless, baseball is started, there shan’t be more snow blizzards, and everything is back to being right with the world. In keeping with custom, President Obama took the mound today to throw out the first pitch at Nationals Park. The park, in keeping with recent custom, was already filled with more Phillies fans than those for the Nationals. Now, I can’t begrudge somebody for supporting their favorite team, even while taking part in a game between two different teams. And, I know that the...
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The 2010 Major League Baseball season will be upon us in a few hours. As one of the few sports fans in the country who opts not to follow the NFL through the cold and lonely winter, I remind myself that it’s not interminable by keeping up with the off-season moves of all 30 clubs. Since you likely don’t, here then are 30 haiku to get you ready: Arizona Diamondbacks: Still full of promise Like a gift left unopened Unlike Webb’s shoulder Atlanta Braves: 90s run is over Only Chipper can tell tales No new ones this...
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