Tag: sports
member name: Pamela H.
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March 16, 2007 07:58 PM EDT --
When televangelist Jimmy Swaggart had his fall from grace in February of 1987, many Americans delighted in his public humiliation. Swaggart had been caught with a prostitute. He was a hypocrite, . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
The Base Stealer
Having arrived, he thinks about leaving --
Ambition consummated, left behind.
Craving more, adept at self-deceiving.
He strays, in his measured steps conceiving
A plan to leave this . . .
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April 20, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
The Yankees are in Boston for the weekend. Let the games begin!
Most fans of either team are probably aware of the astounding historical record for Red Sox-Yankee games played in Fenway Park -- exactly . . .
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June 03, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
"Randy" (a Copy the Master* poem)
My number three baby was active and loud,
Born on a Sunday, October bright boy.
No delivering mother was ever so proud
To put newborn to breast, just . . .
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July 06, 2007 03:21 PM EDT --
I was privileged to attend last night's Red Sox game, a fun blow-out of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays that ended in a 15-4 win. My tickets -- fantastic seats 10 rows up from the field almost . . .
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February 26, 2007 10:15 PM EST --
With Spring Training games set to begin this week, baseball is finally on the horizon. Still, at least for those of us in the northern half of the country, there is enough winter left to read a few . . .
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April 15, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I wonder if a day goes by that some Bob Dylan fan does not drive past his childhood home in Hibbing, Minnesota. At 2425 7th Avenue East (renamed "Bob Dylan Drive") the home appears from . . .
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March 31, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
Opening Day in Major League Baseball is tomorrow, and that's no April Fool. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets will open the 2007 season tomorrow night at 8. But despite MLB featuring . . .
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May 18, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
Battery
He warmed me up slowly before the game --
Long toss, easy, drawing out my soft throws
Until I was ready to throw harder.
Game time, he called an array of pitches,
Spotting high . . .
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April 15, 2007 09:08 AM EDT --
Underwear
Socks
Thermal underwear, top and bottom
Red Sox socks
Jeans
Sneakers with Red Sox shoelaces
Turtleneck
Long-sleeve t-shirt
Mike Timlin t-shirt
"If You See Her Say Hello" running through . . .
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May 08, 2007 08:17 PM EDT --
"Dear John?"
He left to play for another team,
It's true some fans get attached,
And believe reality is their dream;
"He and the team are perfectly matched!"
It's true some . . .
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March 03, 2007 05:55 PM EST --
I'm a journeyman player
I go team to team
Never in one place long
Always wake from the dream
I lead off each season
Thinkin' now I belong
But my hat's barely broke in
'Fore I know I was . . .
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March 12, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
I watched a bit of the Sox-Yankees spring training game tonight. Unlike many springs, where I was glued to the TV or, if I was in my car, desperately scanning the dial and cursing the radio . . .
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