As a kid, the first day of baseball assumed a mythic quality. (more…)
Huddling Up
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. An exuberant trio of drummers greeted the procession as it filed onto the baseball fields […]
Bases Covered
The first thing Bob Turcio wants me to know is he tells people exactly what he thinks. And they don’t always like it. (more…)
On the Outs
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. (more…)
Field Days
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 fooled into having sky-high expectations for teams which barely improve from the first game to […]
Field Days
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 (more…)