Fenway Park celebrates 100 years of history
Tris Speaker's game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning defeated the New York Highlanders in Fenway Park's inaugural game, April 20, 1912. The Red Sox face the Yankees again next April 20 to mark Fenway's 100th anniversary. (AP Photo) When you think of Fenway Park, thoughts of Carlton Fisk’s 1975 World Series home run More...
Babushka Power, Green Weenies and aspirin tablets: May baseball broadcaster language live forever
Pittsburgh Pirates broadcasting legend Bob "The Gunner" Prince. As my son and I were listening to game two of the World Series, one of the announcers used the phrase “a pitcher’s best friend.” Hearing More...
Good relationship gone bad: My life as an Orioles fan
The Orioles used to celebrate postseason success. This year, they celebrated yet another sub-.500 season by knocking the Red Sox out of the playoffs. (Rob Carr/Getty Images) In the fall of 1997, I was a 10-year-old More...
Starting pitchers strike back: Complete games, not complete pansies
Pampered. Coddled. Eased in. Shut down. These are the sorts of terms and phrases we’ve become comfortable associating with starting pitchers in major league baseball. To the lay ear, these guys sound like a fragile More...
Interview with Metis Sports Management president and agent Storm Kirschenbaum
Through The Fence Baseball recently sat down with Metis Sports Management President Storm Kirschenbaum. Storm is the agent of one of our writers, Dan Taylor, and formed MSM in July 2007. He’s represented over More...
A boy playing baseball: Framingham Senior League — 1971-1973
Editor’s Note: Part III of a three-part series, where author Mark Moran takes us on a nostalgic journey back to his childhood baseball days. Mark shares how baseball changed for him as he got older. You’ll More...
Expos fan learns team picks you
Ever since the Montreal Expos left for Washington, D.C, for the 2005 season, I have been a baseball fan without a team. I am desperately searching for a team to call mine. That might not seem like much, but when More...
Looking back, Part II: The joys of summer
Editor’s Note: Part II of a three-part series, where author Mark Moran takes us on a nostalgic journey back to his childhood baseball days. You’ll be hard-pressed not to relive your childhood if you’re More...
Looking back, Part I: Kids used to have more fun playing ball in the old days
Editor’s Note: Part I of a three-part series, where author Mark Moran takes us on a nostalgic journey back to his childhood baseball days. See Part II and Part III. I saw some kids in my neighborhood playing More...
