Steve Peterson
I am a Mainer transplanted in Virginia but remain a hard-core Boston sports fan, particularly as concerns the Red Sox. I'm old enough to remember the 1967 Impossible Dream season, which cemented my love for the Sox for life. By profession I am an IT manager, which I love but at the end of the day I'm a bit of a writer and musician trapped in a technologist's body. As I have aged I can clearly see the nexus of music and sports. Great musicians have athletic stamina and incredible drive while top athletes can bring a crowd to both full throat and then sublime appreciation as if the crowd were listening to a moving musical piece. Athlete as rock star. Musician as a rigorously trained galvanizing force and cultural hero. Close your eyes and the two are nearly interchangeable. Sox on! Rock on!
Twitter: @petersonstephen
This Day In Red Sox History
1961: Carroll Hardy pinch hits for Carl Yastrzemski in the 8th inning and reaches on a bunt single. He becomes the only player ever to pinch hit for both Ted Williams and Yastrzemski.
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One can imagine that when you see Jonny Gomes in the Red Sox’ locker room without a jersey on, all tattooed up on his back and shoulders, he has to look like a psychedelic Grizzly Adams. In Gomes’…Read More
Dustin Pedroia tore a ligament in his tumb on Opening Day and has been playing with it ever since. Why? Two reasons. First, Pedey has a .332 batting average and a 1.000 fielding percentage while starting…Read More
This Day In Red Sox History
1984: The Red Sox retire Ted Williams’ #9 and Joe Cronin’s #4 in a ceremony before the game.
It’s Time For a Different Approach to The Closer Role
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In the game of Red Sox musical chairs, the music stopped today and Alfredo Aceves was left without a seat taken by Franklin Morales.
As expected, Morales was activated from the 15-day DL on Tuesday and…Read More
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This Day In Red Sox History
1977: The Red Sox trade Bobby Darwin to the Chicago Cubs for Ramon Hernandez
Matt…Read More
Franklin Morales‘ long trip back from the DL ends on Tuesday night. He’ll join Boston’s…Read More
As the Red Sox and Phillies get down to business for some inter-league play, former Red Sox closer Jonathan…Read More
Things didn’t look very good for the Red Sox machine three days ago. They’d been embarrassed…Read More
Today was one of those perfect days. Sunday was a sublime balance between mid-stride on the wide open…Read More
Boston’s ceaseless injury caravan pulled up to the pitcher’s mound today. Clay Buchholz…Read More
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Jacoby Ellsbury is in the most precarious of positions. Boston’s once most promising franchise…Read More
This Day In Red Sox History
1942: Ted Williams is sworn into the U.S. Navy.
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Ever since Jonathan Papelbon took the midnight train to Philly at the end of the 2011 season, the Red…Read More
This Day In Red Sox History
1988: Bobby Doerr‘s #1 is retired by the Red Sox.
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With the Red Sox trailing the White Sox 6-4 in the seventh there is a possibility that Andrew Bailey…Read More
This Day In Red Sox History
1948: The Red Sox lose to the Indians 13-4. Sox pitchers walk a major league…Read More
If the 2012 Red Sox were a human being and a full body scan were taken of the then dying patient doctors…Read More
A healthy Dustin Pedroia is a very good thing for the Boston Red Sox. Conversely, Pedey is simply making…Read More
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