JERUSALEM — Joe Queenan seemingly dislikes foreign fans of sports teams (those who who are not from the cities of those teams): I do not object to Yankees fans in principle, so long as they are homegrown, preferably natives of the Bronx or Yonkers. (Yankees fans born in Queens or Brooklyn, it goes without saying, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Red Sox'
Globalization and Sports
April 18th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Baseball, Boston, Britain, Culture, Egypt, Europe, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East, Traveling
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Red Sox Opening Day
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Israel, Judaism, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Religion, Sports, The Middle East
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — When I was editor and publisher of Spare Change News in Boston, I took the newspaper’s staff out to the Grafton Street Pub & Grill in 2006 for Red Sox Opening Day. I had been wanting to treat them to some burgers and beers since everyone had been working so hard to […]
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NCAA Picks">NCAA Picks
March 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baseball, Boston, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — I didn’t study the teams in the NCAA tournament this year since I’m in Israel, so I don’t know anything about the teams right now. But for what it’s worth, here are my favorites in the regional semifinals: UNI over Michigan — I just never really liked Michigan. Too cold Ohio State over Tennessee […]
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One to Watch
March 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Baseball, Feminism, Japan, Red Sox, Sports, The Boston Globe
Baseball hasn’t had much room for women. That may soon change, however – if only a little, as the Boston Globe reports on a female knuckleballer from Japan. The knuckleball not needing speed but relying rather on unpredictability, I really think this girl has a chance. Maybe she’ll replace Wake when he retires? Continue reading
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Red Sox vs. Yankees
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Food, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East
RISHON LEZION, Israel — The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will play on Opening Day on April 4. I am eager for revenge because, after the World Series victory by the Evil Empire, I owe a friend a steak dinner at El Gaucho in Israel Continue reading
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Baseball
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports
Since my two favorite teams are the Boston Red Sox and Whoever is Playing the Yankees, I must say: Go Phillies!… Continue reading
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Let’s Go, Red Sox!
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Humor, Israel, Judaism, Massachusetts, Music, Personal, Red Sox, Religion, The Middle East
Yours truly sounding the battle-cry for the 2009 baseball playoffs, Israeli-style. I had just bought my first shofar in Jerusalem… Continue reading
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Baseball from Israel
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Culture, Egypt, Israel, Marketing, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East
RISHON LEZION, Israel — On my first trip to Israel three years ago, I was leaving the Holocaust Memorial when a passerby in the parking lot yelled out, “Go Yankees!” I was wearing my Red Sox hat at the time. It seems that the Greatest Rivalry in All of Sports follows you anywhere, even ten […]
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