{"id":81805,"date":"2014-04-07T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T19:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=81805"},"modified":"2015-11-07T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T12:56:49","slug":"cousin-mike-welcomes-home-the-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=81805","title":{"rendered":"Cousin Mike O&#8217;Malley Welcomes Home the Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonherald.com\/inside_track\/the_inside_track\/2014\/04\/red_sox_prove_to_be_homecoming_kings\" target=\"blank\">Cousin Mike hosted the Red Sox Welcome Home Bash<\/a> last Friday at Boston&#8217;s House of Blues. His co-host was Kevin Millar, which, I mean, come on! Cowboy Up!  I wasn&#8217;t able to attend, but there were lots of O&#8217;Malleys in the house (besides Mike, I mean. We are legion!), and it sounds like it was an awesome time. <\/p>\n<p>Mike has emceed this event before, and it takes a ton of work and preparation. But it&#8217;s a wonderful and joyous community event. I look forward to the videos, once they emerge.  <\/p>\n<p>In honor of baseball season starting, on this freezing wintry day, here I am, age 10, in my back yard, holding our brand new kitten and wearing a Red Sox shirt. Those were pretty brutal days to be a Sox fan, but I kept the faith. It was a requirement, really, if you were an O&#8217;Malley. We were raised in the life. (One of my first memories, ever, is from Fenway Park. So it&#8217;s at that level.)<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1.jpg\" alt=\"backyard1\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1-100x82.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1-200x164.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/backyard1-400x328.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here. Now.  I&#8217;m ready to face the gale force winds of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n.jpg\" alt=\"10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10174864_10152105453897632_386415742_n-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nWhatever team you support, it doesn&#8217;t matter. It feels good to have the baseball back in rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cousin Mike hosted the Red Sox Welcome Home Bash last Friday at Boston&#8217;s House of Blues. His co-host was Kevin Millar, which, I mean, come on! Cowboy Up! 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