Toeing the Rubber

Where I rant about Josh Hamilton

Toeing the Rubber — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:25:06 +0000

I’m going to write about Josh Hamilton. I promised myself I wouldn’t. Told myself to just shut up about it because everyone has an opinion and mine will probably offend a good portion of society and what purpose will it serve anyway? So I decided the safe way to go would be to just ignore [...]

Project Cupid 2012

Toeing the Rubber — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:45:40 +0000

Once again, this year my friend Amy Blue has organized the Project Cupid Charity Date Auction to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber. I’ve written before about Amy and the reason this cause is so dear to her. No one likes to talk about cancer, heck no one likes to think about it, but [...]

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

Toeing the Rubber — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:21 +0000

I’m in the process of turning my brain back on to baseball full-time. I’ve been working on a project that has me going through photos of Red Sox games from 2005 up to last season and it’s getting me excited for the 2012 season. With this frame of mind, I decided to sit down (thanks [...]

My non-critical book review

Toeing the Rubber — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:28:07 +0000

Along with my passion for writing I have a true love for reading. So when I’m fortunate enough to be offered free books, I jump at the opportunity! The blog has brought me many good things, including friends, and the occasionally freebie thrown my way is more exciting when it’s a book. Recently, I received [...]

So Pedro

Toeing the Rubber — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:21:29 +0000

I wish I had more to say about meeting Pedro at the New Stars for Young Stars Jimmy Fund event on Saturday. I was taken by surprise when my friend Kelly O’Connor told me she wanted to bring me with her to meet Pedro; I mean he’s probably the one Boston-related sports figure I [...]