Saturday, August 1, 2015

Yoenis Cespedes clearly is 'for the rest of us'

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Cespedes won back-to-back home run derby titles in 2013 and 2014. One year ago, the Red Sox dealt Jon Lester to the Oakland A's for...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Texas is really stepping up its aquatic activities game

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I've spent most of my life near the ocean, whether it be Martha's Vineyard , Boston, New York, San Diego or Sanibel Island, Florida....
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Would Tom Brady say "I did nothing wrong" under oath in a court of law? Could things ever get to that point?

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OK, here's my jumbled thoughts on this whole Tom Brady mess.  Except that mess isn't the right word, what I'm looking for is som...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Mookie Betts' catch was not a home run

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I'd never seen anything quite like this in a baseball game before, and I'm so fired up about it that I'm bumping my Tom Brady bl...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Have you ever blended your own shake at a convenience store?

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I recently noticed this machine for the first time in my local Cumberland Farms: It's too small to read in the photo, but according...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Man, Boston lost the Olympics and Shane Victorino in the same day?

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I was on Martha's Vineyard today and not really paying attention to what was going on in the outside world.  So, you can imagine my surp...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Happy Pedro Martinez Hall of Fame Induction Day

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Ahh, Pedro.  What can I say.  Here's his immortal '99 All-Star game at Fenway: Also from 1999, the time he struck out 17 Yank...