Tag Archives: Red Sox

“People ask me why I became an actor, and the truth is that once you get cut from the baseball team you need another angle to get women to pay attention.”

Posted on July 21, 2010 by sheila

Great interview with Emmy-nominated cousin Mike in the Boston Globe. I particularly like two things: 1. Ryan Murphy, producer and co-creator of Glee, who also wrote a part for Mike in the upcoming Eat, Pray, Love, saying: “I will always … Continue reading →

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Christine Lavin: “Ballad of a Ballgame”

Posted on June 7, 2010 by sheila

Well, we’re in full on baseball season now, which means that all is right with the world. Come January or February I start to feel a bit … “off” … and sometimes it takes a while for me to locate … Continue reading →

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Red Sox. Finally.

Posted on April 4, 2010 by sheila

Longest off-season ever. Here I am, holding our cat Widdy, in our backyard. Wearing a Red Sox T shirt. This stuff is engrained in the DNA. I don’t like spring, in general, or summer. I prefer the fall and the … Continue reading →

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3000 hits, 400 home runs

Posted on March 23, 2010 by sheila

A beautifully written essay by my brother. Being a Red Sox fan is wrapped up in being a member of my family – the two cannot be unwoven. Brendan captures what this really means. I have heard this story a … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on October 7, 2009 by sheila

— Great game last night. I am not emotionally prepared for October baseball, but whatevs, it doesn’t matter. It’s here. — I miss Lucy. Hopefully I will get to see her real soon! — Speaking of October baseball, Miss Lucy … Continue reading →

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“These people don’t appreciate what they have: time to go to ball games.”

Posted on September 30, 2009 by sheila

Stadium Traffic by Daniel Donaghy You’re on your way home when a thousand cars pour onto Broad Street: the ball game’s over. No one’s going anywhere soon. It’s mid-July: eighty and humid. You smell like all the crappies in the … Continue reading →

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Yankee Stadium: A Helluva View

Posted on September 29, 2009 by sheila

From the 880 AM CBS Radio broadcasting skybox. I loved my “media pass”. Thanks to all in the box, for how welcoming they were. It was great to see “backstage” – and man, what a view!

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Keeping score.

Posted on September 29, 2009 by sheila

Cousin Kerry kicks it old-school. One guy sitting in front of us became curious about what she was doing and asked to see it. He looked through the pages, nodding approvingly.

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Jimmy Deep In Enemy Territory

Posted on September 29, 2009 by sheila

Brave man.

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In Praise of Pudge

Posted on July 23, 2009 by sheila

CARLTON FISK IS MY IDEAL by Bernadette Mayer He wears a beautiful necklace next to the beautiful skin of his neck unlike the Worthington butcher Bradford T. Fisk (butchers always have a crush on me), who cannot even order veal … Continue reading →

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