Posted in Family, General, Life on Dec 23rd, 2007 87 Comments »
A few weeks back when I had the honor of attending a discussion between Senator McCain and the people of New Hampshire, one of the things he told me as we were walking to the stage resonated with me. He said “This is what Democracy, in it’s purest form, is all about. Presidential candidates in [...]
Posted in Baseball, Family, General, Life, Sports on Dec 20th, 2007 584 Comments »
Ok I get that. We all get that and anyone that actually read the post will understand that I was not saying Roger used, I’ve never said that. My comment was that as a fan, as someone that he made a major impact on, given the circumstances surrounding his personal trainer and the testimony he [...]
Posted in Baseball, Family, General, Life, Sports, Websites on Dec 19th, 2007 770 Comments »
Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Roger Clemens, Andy Petite, Todd Pratt, Gary Bennett, Paul Byrd, Dave Justice, Fernando Vina, Alex Cabrera, Brian Roberts, Lenny Dykstra, and many more. I know them, or have been friends with them, or know them through competing against them, and many more names on that list.
If you plan on writing [...]
Posted in Family, General, Life on Dec 17th, 2007 153 Comments »
(Another one of those emails sent to me that I felt compelled to pass along and because I am a sucker for this stuff check out this link to the You Tube video. Oh and those of you calling out this ’scam’ or ‘hoax’ don’t bother. I don’t care where it started or what it [...]
Posted in Family, Games, General, Life, Sports, Websites on Dec 14th, 2007 26 Comments »
On December 22nd the town of Medfield will host the 1st Annual Medfield 4 the Military Christmas event.
The event has been organized to give Christmas to families who have lost loved ones during the war, have had loved ones injured, or have family currently serving overseas. The corporate response has been absolutely overwhelming. From Microsoft [...]
Posted in Baseball, Life, Sports on Dec 13th, 2007 180 Comments »
I hate to think it is, but I don’t think there is any other way to look at it. Not since the Black Sox scandal of the early 20th century has this sport had to endure what it will starting at 2pm EST.
I am hoping no one I know or respect shows up as a [...]
Posted in Family, General, Life, Websites on Dec 7th, 2007 128 Comments »
I’ve actually always taken pride in my use of the English language. As the many college English Professors here have pointed out, I suck at it. I will make an effort starting with this post going forward, to clean it up and make it legible. Problem is my mouth and hands sometimes engage and act [...]
Posted in Family, General, Life, Websites on Dec 6th, 2007 154 Comments »
Ok this is political opinion. If you aren’t interested or don’t care what I think, don’t read any further.
I had the honor of participating in a Town Hall with Senator McCain last night in Nashua, N.H.
He started the night by saying something that resonated with me. This town hall event, this forum, was Democracy at [...]
Posted in Baseball, General, Life, Sports on Dec 5th, 2007 88 Comments »
““NASHVILLE - The Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted this morning to approve a resolution where starting in 2013 all contracts that have financial terms attached to major awards will not be eligible for consideration for that award.
The resolution stems from Curt Schilling’s new contract were he received a $1 million bonus for at least [...]
Posted in Baseball, General, Life, Sports on Dec 4th, 2007 121 Comments »
As fans you have your perspective. There are large contingents of fans in both markets, NY and Boston, that lean towards the Bill James approach to players and their teams, and probably an equal amount of ‘old schoolers’ that believe their eyes tell them all they need to know, even when not backed up by [...]
