If You Believe It, It’s Not a Lie

This past week has been great for Red Sox Nation.  We’ve seen our nemesis, Alex Rodriquez make an about face and admit in an interview with Peter Gammons that he has in fact used steroids (after evidence of his testing positive surfaced, of course).  This explains how a relatively slender infielder with the Seattle Mariners [...]

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The Tissue Thin Difference

Happy trails to John Updike, the novelist and essayist who died of cancer today.  I was supposed to read several of his short stories through the course of my undergraduate career in English, I’d imagine, but I’ll always remember him for his essay, “Hub Fan Bids Kid Adieu,” which is probably up there with H.G. [...]

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If Academia Operated Like the Professional Sports Universe

The recent Manny Ramirez saga, which culminated yesterday afternoon when the Red Sox traded him for fifty cents on the dollar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, has made me wonder: what would the world be like if academia operated like the professional sports universe? As Peter Gammons has explained, the Sox realized [...]

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The Red Sox Expiate Bill Buckner

In a striking and perhaps unexpected move, the Boston Red Sox formally expiated the much-maligned Bill Buckner by inviting him to Fenway Park to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day.  The symbolic invitation for Buckner to appear in Fenway, on the day that the Sox recognized the second World Series title of their [...]

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Ticket Scalpers: Opportunistic Vultures or Invaluable Time Brokers?

As great as Boston’s Fenway Park is, its small size presents some problems.  A couple weeks ago, my family and I made yet another pilgrimage to Fenway, the New England  sanctuary that seats just under 37,000 people.  The limited ticket supply, coupled with a now-global “Red Sox Nation” and a resonably successful team, has made [...]

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