by jpolman | Dec 4, 2013 | 1967 Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Gary Bell, George Scott, Jim Lonborg, Joe Foy, John Wyatt, Jose Santiago, Mike Andrews, Sparky Lyle, Tony Canigliaro
One of my favorite romantic comedies in the last 20 years—and certainly one of the most unheralded clever screenplays ever—was writer/director Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors. Gwyneth Paltrow plays a young British PR exec who gets fired from her job in the opening scene...
by jpolman | Oct 23, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox
To paraphrase something somebody said once: Wherever you go, there they are. Red Sox Nation truly does span the continent and the globe, and with the team suddenly winning the 2013 American League pennant, I thought this would be a fine time to check in on a handful...
by jpolman | Sep 25, 2013 | American League East
Go ahead, MLB Video and ESPN Classic. Remind us as often as you want. Show that choked-up little Dent swing, that feeble flick of a bat against Mike Torrez, that wind-aided pop fly with two aboard that landed in the nets and made Yaz drop his head and kneel in pain....
by jpolman | Aug 27, 2013 | A.J. Ellis, Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Hanley Ramirez, Jake Peavy, Kenley Jansen, Koji Uehara, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Ricky Nolasco, Ted Williams, Yasiel Puig
Maybe it was the arrowed sign directing me to GREEN MONSTER SEATS mounted on the far wall, or the framed lobster painting in the corner. Maybe it was the cloud of salty, familiar accents billowing around the room, but I felt right at home at the Little Bar on LaBrea...
