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So my wonderful girlfriend asked if Manny was still on #498, and I answered, “No, he got 499 in Seattle on Thursday* so he could do it with any swing,” and just at that moment a pitch crossed the plate and Ramirez thwacked it, and *whomp* there it was. . . and there it went.
The Manny Homerun […]

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Somerville?
(Detail of photo at flickr)

Okay, nobody get cocky . . .

After Drew’s 3-run shot in the 7th put the Sox on top 6-4, I breathed a sigh of relief because it was no longer possible for the Sox to lose 4-5, as they had done on my first two MLB games.
It was a nail-biter right up to the end. Okajima, whose (prime!) number I was […]

The unusual wording of the message made me imagine a sentient baseball that functioned as an avatar of the entire MLB organization. I was a little nonplussed to think of this very important piece of magic sports equipment pondering my particular personal concern. But apparently the word “soon” was being used in , if not […]

Bottom of the 9th.
I was listening to the radio broadcast, emitting random gaspy and woo-y sounds with my heart going thuddathuddathudda. The Boston.com recap is more than a little “just the facts, ma’am”; it doesn’t mention that a little bobble out in right turned a single into one of those doubles, and it doesn’t […]

When seeing 5:37 displayed on your digital clock in the very instant you wake up and open your eyes causes you to think “Oh, no, 37!? They were up 5 to nothing last time I checked the score!”

Curt Schilling’s assessment of his performance in the Sox’s season opener is almost painful to read. His candor would be striking even if he were less famous, but given his stature, I think it’s truly extraordinary. ‘Course, with his $13M base salary, he earned something north of half a mil that day.