Tag Archives: baseball

Minor Miracles

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As a kid, the first day of baseball assumed a mythic quality. …

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Huddling Up

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It was a bright and breezy opening day for the Walter Pop Smith Little League last Saturday. Players, coaches and parents paraded up Dixwell Avenue and across Munson Street accompanied by police cars, fire trucks and a 94.3 WYBC van. …

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Bases Covered

Bob Turcio inside Batter's Box

The first thing Bob Turcio wants me to know is he tells people exactly what he thinks. And they don’t always like it. …

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On the Outs

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A photo essay.

Of summer’s many symbols, the most American is baseball. Not major or minor league; not varsity or little league; but sandlot-style ball—raw, disorganized, unkempt baseball. …

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Field Days

Baseball players at Yale Field

It would’ve been fitting if, instead of April 5, opening day of the 2015 pro baseball season had fallen on April Fools’. Plenty of us have made fools of ourselves rooting for the Yankees or Red Sox, or have been …

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Field Days

Yale baseball players at Yale Field

It’s only fitting that opening day of the 2013 baseball season falls on April Fool’s Day. Plenty of us have made fools of ourselves rooting…

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