This afternoon was the last of three of three baseball game I’ve seen here in Toronto and, I’m pleased to report, the Red Sox won two of the three. They...

 Another baseball season has begun and it didn’t take long for Major League Baseball’s outrageous blackout policy to affect thousands of fans here in Hawaii.   The problem is that...

Every April, I attend the NARP Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, and as soon as the dates are announced, I check the Red Sox schedule to see where they will...

There is angst in the City of Boston. Unless cooler heads and goodwill prevail, it’s possible that an iconic landmark will disappear. Not a building, not a statue, but revered...

First, in Boston on Tuesday, the town—in fact, all of New England—will celebrate the Patriots amazing come-from-way-behind win over Atlanta in Sunday’s Super Bowl.   Second, on Monday—and frankly of...

 Ralph Branca was on the mound for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Fall of 1951 for the deciding game with the then New York Giants to determine who would be...

I once suggested to Hawaii’s revered U.S. Senator Dan Inouye that every newly-elected member of Congress should be required to take a cross country train en route to first assuming...

I’ve followed the Boston Red Sox since I was nine … specifically, since the afternoon of May 25, 1946, when my Aunt Bobby took me to see the Red Sox...

Back around the middle of June, I applied for the TSA Pre√, filled out the paperwork, had my fingerprints and handprints taken, and paid the $85 fee. The clerk told...

I’ve been in Hawaii for more than 53 years, but I still remember what winter is like for you folks back east. You get up and go to work in...