Curations from the Human Jungle
by SB Steve (Post Island SBs). The Best Meal of My Life is yet to come. Beth and I will make it for you after all this pandemic silliness is over with. We will serve it on our back deck overlooking the Boston skyline. Since it serves 8, you may invite 4 of your other... Continue Reading →
Koji Uehara becomes relief pitcher extraordinaire August 1 John Henry, owner of Red Sox, launches solo bid to buy Globe after group bid fails. Once again, baseball merges with reality. Sox climb back into first with Drew's walkoff hit in 15th. This is becoming a broken record, a wonderful broken record. August 2 Death toll... Continue Reading →
Sailboats in the Harbor This is the June summary of Boston's 2013. Things are heating up in Beantown. The Sox are still hot; the heat's on Whitey Bulger; and Aaron Hernandez adds some fireworks of his own. SB SM June 1 Boston sizzles in 94 degree heat. Meanwhile Plymouth, MA is without the Mayflower II... Continue Reading →
I've been singing this tune for a long time now. The summer of 2013 in Boston was one of the most interesting periods anywhere, anytime. I chronicled the summer day-by-day on my website: https://wordpress.com/home/truckday2duckday.wordpress.com May 1 (May Day) Blue Jays over Sox in wild game, 9-7. May 2 Bruins take opener against Maple Leafs, Celts... Continue Reading →
We traveled down-and-back to Boston on Sunday, November 8, just before new travel restrictions were put in place. Will this be our final Joy Ride of 2020? I think not. The trip was entirely Silverback-driven. The first destination, Post Island, USA is a hotbed of Silverback activism, with 6, count 'em 6, 'backs and 'belles... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_EeUVRwGE Mookie Betts, Mookie Betts ... You're as good as baseball gets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvPoVM3Ms5w Mookie Betts, Mookie Betts ... You're as good as baseball gets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K7M0zCzFOU Mookie Betts, Mookie Betts ... oh, this is getting boring 2020 is a crazy year? Ya think? Watching Mookie in another World Series as a Dodger? Brady to Gronk for... Continue Reading →
The Splendid Splinter was for many years the only things for Red Sox fans to feel good about 2013 did not promise to be a very good year for Red Sox fans. They finished last in their division in 2012 and would be playing under rookie manager John Farrell. Before the season even got rolling,... Continue Reading →