Former Red Sox All-Star pitcher Derek Lowe was the winning pitcher in the 2004 series-clinching victories over the Anaheim Angels in the ALDS, the New York Yankees in the ALCS, and the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.
My dear friend Frank Sullivan would have been 89 years-old on January 23, 2019. It is hard to believe that Frank has been gone for over three years and he is sorely missed by family and friends. But he had an extraordinary life and it is timely to revisit all that he experienced and achieved! To say Frank Sullivan led an interesting life would be an understa [...]
All of us have read “Casey at the Bat” and probably we have heard it recited many times. But did you know that “Casey at the Bat” is considered one of America’s most enduring poems? Its closest rival for that honor is “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” to which we respond: bah, humbug! And did you know that the town of Holliston, MA, located 20 miles west [...]
In June I was honored to participate in a panel discussion to kick off the “'Impossible Dreamers': The Pennant-Winning 1967 Boston Red Sox" exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston (http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2265). The MHS was nice enough to post video of the talk: https://youtu.be/4-uGCPSHPDo -- Recorded 24 June 2017 a [...]
Gene Conley, who passed away on July 4, 2017, was the proud owner of one World Series Championship ring, and three NBA World Championship rings. No one else can make this claim, and it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever duplicate his feat. Conley earned his World Series Championship ring pitching for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. He earned his NBA Worl [...]