Red Sox Nation

I visited Red Sox Nation on Saturday, in what is known as the Sox’ home away from home: Camden Yards in Baltimore. Based on tee-shirt observations, the visiting Sox fans outnumbered O’s fans easily 4 to 1.
And they definitely made their presence known. All those clap-clap “let’s go, Os”? Appropriated to, “let’s go, Sox.” Kevin [...]

Ouch!

A trip to the ballpark is usually one of my favorite outings. Root, root, root for the hometeam, I feel connected to the crowd, my family (baseball lovers all), and the tradition of the sport.
Last night’s excursion was not one of those times. It was hot and steamy, with thunderstorms and hail forecast. Our [...]