Tennis: always in fashion
I grew up playing a fair game of tennis on the public courts of New York. Just to show you how long ago that was, the courts were made of reddish clay that had to be rolled after the games … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Baseball and sports
The Celtics: and the last shall be first
I used to follow the Celtics back in the heady days of the 70s and 80s, when they were the basketball franchise and their matchups against the mighty Lakers or Knicks rivaled the Red Sox/Yankees series’ for excitement. Then there … Continue reading →
Say it isn’t so, Roger: steroids and baseball
The news is out, and it’s only the tip of the major league steroid iceberg. Roger Clemens, former Red Sox star pitcher and turncoat on joining the archenemy Yankees, has been named by the forthcoming Mitchell report as one of … Continue reading →
Things I’m tired of…
I’ve got a busy day today, so I will be uncharacteristically (and perhaps thankfully?) brief. Things I’m tired of: (1) the 2008 election (2) me saying I’m tired of the 2008 election (3) the fact that every time I see … Continue reading →
The worm turns: NY mourns
I watched all four games of the World Series, and it was somewhat of a bore even to me. Winning in four may be satisfying for the team, but the almost total lack of suspense doesn’t make for great baseball … Continue reading →
Giuliani and the Red Sox: strange bedfellows
Ah, the compromises politicians will make. Now it turns out that New Yorker Giuliani, the quintessential Yankee fan, is rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series. This has earned him no end of condemnation. It’s also a bit … Continue reading →
Let’s hear it from everybody who’s tired of the 2008 election: so how about it, baseball fans?
I don’t know about you, but I’m bone tired of the 2008 election already. I can’t remember ever feeling this level of fatigue so early in a campaign before. Maybe in previous years I didn’t follow politics so closely, although … Continue reading →
An ode to baseball–and invalids
As an inveterate Red Sox fan, last year was really the pinnacle—it just couldn’t get any better than that. So I have to confess that, although the Red Sox are doing fine this year, I haven’t paid all that much … Continue reading →