Through the Eyes of Patriots Fan: “Hip, hip, Jorge!”

August 18, 2013 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment

Not only was it another beautiful evening at TD Bank park (8/17), it was also a game that featured fireworks during and after the game. The Patriots sent veteran, and former major league pitcher Brad Thompson to the mound. He gave up five hits and three runs in the top half of the first inning […]

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Giants Fever in a Post-2010 World

August 31, 2011 by Jeff Polman · Leave a Comment

I saw my first signs of acute Giants fever in the waning weekends of their 2010 championship year, when the team was in a neck-and-neck battle with San Diego for the NL West title. It wasn’t your standard rising crowd roar that accompanies two-strike counts for the home pitcher late in the game. It wasn’t […]

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