Renaming Yawkey Street next to Fenway Park as Jersey Street, its original name, should be a no-brainer. The reputation of the Boston Red Sox under the leadership of the late owner Tom Yawkey reinforced the sense of Boston as a racist city. In the 1940's, City councilman Isadore Muchnick had to pressure the team to …
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John Henry’s call on Yawkey Way is a home run
Fans bustle in anticipation of the opening pitch. Vendors hawk programs and other souvenirs. The mouth-watering smell of grilled sausage fills the air - all on a street named after someone whose racial attitudes should not for one minute be allowed to stand. Three cheers for Red Sox (and Boston Globe) owner John Henry, who …
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Red Sox: hope springs eternal
There's a 4" x 3" piece of paper held by magnet on my refrigerator door. The paper is yellow. It's the American League standing from the first days of the 2015 season. Boston was at the top of the East division, with an .800 record. It had won four and lost one game. The scrap was …
A fan’s lament
I feel as if I’ve been hit by a truck. Hung over, despite the fact that I had no alcoholic beverages yesterday or all of last week. The Patriots have let me down. Me. Personally. It was hard to get out of bed this morning. If only the Pats had beaten lowly Miami in their …
Remy back; feels odd
Jerry Remy is back, broadcasting from Red Sox spring training. His return to the broadcast booth last weekend was duly reported on local news. Hearing his voice was familiar but definitely odd. He's doing his usual color analysis, but now his broadcast may be colored by the scandal surrounding his son. When he announced his return, …
Red Sox victory: How sweet it is!
I can't remember ever being happier to be wrong! There will be tons of words written about the first Red Sox win in Fenway in 95 years. None will be enough, nor will mine adequately express our collective joy. As CNN's John Berman, a Red Sox fan, said this morning outside Fenway: worst to first, …
Re Red Sox: I was wrong
Please pass the salt and pepper. I'm about to eat some crow. Last July, I wrote how nervous I was when the Red Sox were in first place at the All Star break. Looking back over 20 years' records, I was pessimistic that the home team could sustain the performance that found them in first …
Red Sox are failing to provide much needed diversion from world events
The stock market is down over 500 points, violence is increasing in Afghanistan, North Korea seems poised to launch a rocket that could figure in its nuclear program, hate crimes in Florida and Oklahoma dominate headlines, spring gardens are threatened by unprecedented drought, opening day at Fenway is a downer! And that’s a problem.In recent …
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Headline wishes for 2012
My friend and colleague Tom Waseleski, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, always prepares for New Year’s Day an aspirational list of headlines from which many of us could benefit. Here, with my own imprint, are the headlines I’d like to see in 2012.National Jobless Rate Drops Below 7 PercentThose Benefiting from New Health …
Red Sox sink like the great Titanic
Karl Marx believed that religion is the opiate of the masses. I have always thought that sports are the true “opium of the people.” What better escape has there been from the news about the European debt crisis, volatile domestic financial markets, quotidian social incivilities, and the self-destructive atmosphere of current politics, than a summer …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 