April 2010
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Reporting from the Dugout
Tonight’s HOME RUN IN HARVARD SQUARE seminar, Reporting from the Dugout, featuring Amalie Benjamin, Steve Buckley, and Bill Littlefield still has seats available! Buy them online now to ensure your seat!
March 2010
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Updates to HRHS seminars!
Our May 20th seminar - “Designing the Great Ballparks” with Janet Marie Smith - has a new date and time.
Instead of May 20th at 6:00 pm, it will now happen on April 15th at 7:30 pm (following the 6:00 pm HRIHS seminar “Scouting, Recruiting, Signing, Developing and Managing the Lads before The Show”).
We hope that you will still be able to join us!
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May 18 1969 vs Seatlle Pilots.
One of my most offbeat Fenway memories is a May 1969 game against the expansion Seattle Pilots( later the Milwaukee Brewers) In this game, won by Seattle 9-6, Larry Haney( 9 lifetime HR) Ray Oyler(15 lifetime HR ) and pitcher Mike Marshall( 1 lifetime HR) all homered off Red Sox hurler “Fireball” Fred Wenz, offsetting a ninth inning grand slam by Carl Yazstremski. Ten years later, I...
Best All Time Red Sox (by position)
My list of All-time best and worst Red Sox by position:
1B) Yaz
2B) Bobby Doerr
SS) Nomar Garciaparra
3B) Wade Boggs
OF) Ted Williams
OF) Jim Rice
OF) Manny Ramirez
C) Carlton Fisk
SP) Pedro Martinez
SP) Cy Young
SP) Tim Wakefield
SP) Mel Parnell
SP) Roger Clemens
RP) Dick Radatz
RP) Jonathan Papelbon
RP) Bob Stanley
Manager: Terry Francona
Comments: Lots of tough omissions,...
The Spaceman
1978 was the season that defined the Boston Red Sox for a generation. A very good team that sprinted out to a seemingly insurmountable lead, but choked as their hated rivals from New york sprinted past them in the dog days of summer. What is often forgotten is that the Sox mounted their own stunning comeback late in that season to climb into a tie with the Yankees at season’s end. But the...
The Lush Green and other Sensory Delicacies
Without question, one of the primary reasons the Red Sox have such a deeply rooted place in the hearts of New Engalanders is Fenway Park. Built in 1912, generations of New Englanders can share the exact same moment with their forebearers. Aside from religious services and maybe family recipes, what else can make the same claim? And in that context, one can better understand the near-religious...
February 2010
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HOME RUN IN HARVARD SQUARE is a special series of seminars produced by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, exploring the art, science, business, and history of baseball. Please see our website for more information and how to purchase tickets to events.
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