I remember Tom Terrific before and after he became the fuzzy-cheeked ace topping a rotation including Jerry Koosman, Gary Gentry, Nolan “Wild Thing” Ryan, and closer, “Tug “Ya Gotta believe!” McGraw. The Mets blossomed before our unbelieving eyes. Those were… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #79 Mookie Betts signed a $390 million contract with the Dodgers today. This ups the ante from $360 million and extends the contract to 12-years. I’m sure he’s explaining that it isn’t about the money. It’s about pride… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
It’s heading toward the end of April and the Sox, last year’s series winners, are having a hard time. While not in last place, they’ve lost more than often than they’ve won. Many of the teams who were supposed to… Read More ›
I’ve written numerous pieces about my love of baseball. I’ve shared memories of the teams I’ve followed as a diehard fan. From the Brooklyn’s Boys of Summer in the ’40s and ’50s to Casey’s inept, Amazin’ Mets in the early… Read More ›
When I was out in LA, our friends took us to an amazing museum – The Autry Museum of the West. It included artifacts of the real west of America’s past, as well as the movie and TV versions of… Read More ›
RDP Sunday–Gridiron Unlike baseball, which I enjoy regardless of who is playing, though I admit I prefer seeing our team play when they let us, we aren’t going to discuss how MLB has made it nearly impossible to see one’s… Read More ›
1969 was the year I learned to fly. The world spun faster on its axis. Everything changed. We had the best music and the most fun we’d ever have again. It was before AIDS, too. Sex was fun — and… Read More ›
The Wall at Fenway Park So today was lovely. Friends and food and too many desserts. Laughter and the joy of good friends. And now, it’s another day, a perfect day for a lovely square pink photograph. What a crazy week… Read More ›
Ragtime Daily Prompt #67 – SPIRAL Last night, I found myself staying up very late — much too late — to watch the end of the final game in the Yankees-Red Sox 4-game matchup. Garry had gone to bed. When… Read More ›
FOWC with Fandango — Ego “MAGA, MAGA, MAGA” screamed the audience. “Whatever happened to ‘God bless America’ and ‘Land of the Free?’ ” I commented. Garry changed the channel. The whole thing was making him feel ill. It’s why we watch… Read More ›
The missing Harold mystery, Rich Paschall George and his ever talkative wife Martha had just about enough of the Midwest winter. They were tired of snow, tired of cold. At close-to-retirement age, they were just plain tired. When another cold… Read More ›
To The Ball Park We Go, by Rich Paschall If you live in the continental United States and do not have Major League Baseball in your city, you are probably just a short road trip away from a stadium. For… Read More ›
I enjoy baseball. I used to enjoy it because Garry is such a passionate 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… Read More ›
Today was Jackie Robinson day in baseball and everyone wore a shirt with the number “42” emblazoned on it. Now, I’m enough of a baseball nerd to know that Jack Robinson’s entry into Major League Baseball was a big deal…. Read More ›
We meant to see this one in the theatre, but time slipped away and by the time we were ready to go, it was gone. But that turned out to be fine, because we have a wide-screen television and surround…. Read More ›
I have often written that 1969 was my favorite year … and explained why. As a start, it was epic from a news viewpoint. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969. I watched it. I had a baby that… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y3-08 I had two things I wanted to post, but they are so different in mood and appearance, they seemed to need different posts. These are pictures from the Baseball Museum in Cooperstown…. Read More ›
The subject has been on our minds lately, probably because it’s almost baseball season and the slugger the Sox need has refused to sign a contract. “It’s not about the money,” he assured everyone. The current offer is at $125… Read More ›
Harold takes a road trip, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Friday was “Fun Day,” or at least that is the way Harold saw it. It was a day given over to sports. Harold read all the sports he could in… Read More ›
