Kobe Bean Bryant There probably is no need to explain to you who Kobe Bryant was. You probably knew before the tragic helicopter accident last Sunday that took his life and that of 8 others, including his 13-year-old daughter. Even… Read More ›
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LYNN NOVICK: “BASEBALL” – Marilyn Armstrong
This piece was published in Planet Vineyard in September 1998. It was a short-lived magazine. Long on great writing, short on paid advertising. I realized that hardly anyone ever saw this piece. It is based on my interview with Lynn… Read More ›
OUR PASSING HEROES – Rich Paschall
Deaths Of Our Sports Icons, 2019, by Rich Paschall For many of us, we grow up idolizing our sports heroes. It is an important part of our youth. These people are more significant to us than the movie or television… Read More ›
DAD WAS *MORE* THAN A CONTENDER – Garry Armstrong
A friend emailed me info about a popular boxer who just improved on his very impressive record. I had to admit knowing nothing about the prizefighter. I’m a self-proclaimed baseball maven but know nothing about professional boxing these days. I’m… Read More ›
MORPHEUS, YOU HAVE CLAIMED ME – Marilyn Armstrong
Bonnie barked all morning and I fell back into total exhaustion fast. I got up, poured coffee, and promptly fell asleep with the computer in my lap. I woke up eventually believing the patriots were winning their game 287 to… Read More ›
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR – Garry Armstrong
If you’re reading this today, it’s the 29th of September. It’s the end of the regular major league baseball season. Two-thirds of the 30 big-league teams, who had April dreams of grandeur, head home to ponder what went wrong. It’s… Read More ›
LINING THEM UP – FENWAY AND BEACON HILL – Marilyn Armstrong
Photo Challenge: The Line-Up I’ve always loved the way entryways to brownstones line up in old parts of the city. These pictures were taken on Beacon Hill, so these are very classy and tidy brownstones. Some of them pay more… Read More ›
CASEY AT THE BAT – Marilyn Armstrong
On the last day of trade-making, much to the shock and dismay of Red Sox fans, we didn’t make a single deal and we needed one or two bullpen guys. How badly did we need a closer? Bad enough so… Read More ›
TO CAMP OR NOT TO CAMP – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Camp I always wanted to go camping. All my friends went camping. My brother and sister went camping. I so envied them. I stayed home. My mother felt camp was where you sent a child that needed… Read More ›
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME – Marilyn Armstrong
I enjoy baseball. I used to enjoy it because Garry is such a fan of the sport, I was either going to learn to like it or spend half the year having no one to talk to because there was… Read More ›
WHEN IT WAS ALL SMALL BALL – Garry Armstrong
I loved what they now call “small ball.” The leadoff guy gets on with a single. The second guy (PeeWee Reese), choking up on the bat, moves the leadoff guy to third with an opposite-field hit. The third guy (Duke… Read More ›
SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME, SUM SUM SUMMERTIME – Marilyn Armstrong
Summertime! When all the leaves and trees are green … and the red bird sings, I’ll be blue … The Jamies were an American singing group Single Released in 1958 Chart : Peaked at No.26 on The Billboard Hot 100… Read More ›
