Most boys will never be major league baseball players. Up until now, though, no woman has ever been one. For men, it’s a long shot. For women, it’s a fantasy, something reinforced by the very name of the camp—a name that can seem both inspiring and insulting at once.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE YAWKEY WAY
Offensive comments and controversy aside, these hosts are winning in the ratings, proving that there is indeed a massive audience for such bigoted rhetoric in Greater Boston.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? WINE
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: NICE HAT 2
TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES
Image by Derek Kouyoumjian Longtime volunteer Bob Schofield, well known to his neighbors for greeting Somervillians who show up in the stands for neighborhood baseball action, is frustrated. As the Somerville Youth Softball president who also helped launch the Babe Ruth baseball program for boys, he’s fed up with community athletics, petty politics, and […]
SECRET ASIAN MAN: FIRST BASE
Take me out to the ball game.
