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 five major league baseball teams claim Hawaii as part of their “home” market: the Oakland A’s, the San Francisco Giants, the San Diego Padres, and…
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 be playing immediately before and after the NARP dates. This year, I struck gold. This year our meetings begin on the 23rd of April…
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 nonetheless. It’s the Citgo Sign. The Citgo Sign is a big billboard. In fact, measuring 60 feet by 60 feet, it’s a very…
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 far greater significance to me personally—there was the annual, unfailing harbinger of Spring—Truck Day! On this day every year, in preparation for the next…