Ballparks don’t live to be 100. All the great old ones, except Fenway Park, are gone. Forbes Field, Tiger Stadium, Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, Shibe Park, Crosley Field, the original Yankee Stadium. All gone. Not many people live to be 100. Bob Hope, George Burns, Strom Thurmond, Irving Berlin, and the Queen Mum all crossed the century line. Rose Kennedy, made it, too. Rose was 104 years old when she died in 1995. Rose is on my mind today because Fenway Park is turning 100 today (you may have heard), and her father threw out the first pitch when the ballpark opened on Saturday, April 20, 1912. I’m told that the NESN broadcast of that Red Sox-New York Highlanders game aired promotions for “The ... Continue reading →
“Right now, it seems as though the Celtics are the true team, in terms of the ideals we had growing up,’’ said Steve Sheppard, a writer and musician from Nantucket who has been a fan of both teams since the 1960s. “They seem to be coming together for a cause. They seem to care.“Whereas the Red Sox, with just a few exceptions, seem to care only about their paychecks.’’ The 2011-12 Celtics are basketball’s Wheeze Kids. Paul Pierce (34), Kevin Garnett (36 on Saturday), and Ray Allen (36) together have accumulated more NBA miles than many teams’ 12-man rosters.The oft-wounded Celtics gasped to a fourth-place finish in the Eastern Conference but are favored to advance to the conference finals, where they presumably would face the ... Continue reading →
Is it time to put Paul Pierce in the starting five for the all-time Celtics team? For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com Sign up Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 weeks for only 99¢. Are you a Boston Globe home delivery subscriber? Get FREE access as part of your print subscription. BostonGlobe.com subscriber Continue reading →
The Oakland A’s are the Oakland F’s when it comes to hitting. The not-so-great grandsons of Charles O. Finley came to Fenway with a robust team batting average of .205 in 23 games, easily the lowest in the majors. You’re usually in trouble when your whole team is hitting 5 points north of the Mendoza Line. Where are Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman when you really need them? For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com Sign up Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 weeks for only 99¢. Are you a Boston Globe home delivery subscriber? Get FREE access ... Continue reading →
Andrew Ference hugged goalie Tim Thomas after the Bruins bowed out in Game 7. Coverage, C1. Fans’ reaction, B2. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) Continue reading →
This is bad. Four Yawkey Way feels like 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during the final days of the Nixon Administration. It is only April and the Sox have unraveled completely. Saturday night in the park, the Red Sox blew a 9-0 lead in the seventh inning and were thrashed by the Yankees, 15-9. On national television. Mercy. Bobby Valentine has crossed into the Joe Kerrigan Zone. He is the dartboard ornament of Boston baseball. Fans are chanting “We Want Tito,’’ and booing Bobby V every time he pops out of the dugout. For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com Sign ... Continue reading →
It was all great . . . until the game started. No organization serves history and tradition better than the Red Sox. The Olde Towne Team treated an ever-loyal constituency to a boffo bash on Friday, celebrating the 100th birthday of Fenway Park. No less than 212 former Red Sox players, coaches, and managers emerged from every corner of the ancient ballfield in a cornball, cornfield pregame ceremony that raised hair on forearms and sparked memories of 10 decades of hardball heartaches and triumph. For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com Sign up Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 ... Continue reading →
Former Red Sox players Ted Lepcio (left) and Dick Berardino sign autographs during Thursday’s open house at Fenway. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) Continue reading →
The most telling comment came from de facto Red Sox captain Dustin Pedroia: For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com Sign up Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 weeks for only 99¢. Are you a Boston Globe home delivery subscriber? Get FREE access as part of your print subscription. BostonGlobe.com subscriber Continue reading →
