In 2002, my fictional story "August 12, 2017" appeared in a small press magazine called Full Unit Hookup. The story was about the first female player in the major leagues, who happened to be a knuckleballing pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Although the story had a science fiction angle, I reckoned that a female player might actually be able to make ( Read more... )

So you want to show your support for your favorite team in the postseason, but it's also time to get up those Halloween decorations for the annual contest. What to do?


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During our trip to Boston, Bob and I made our third annual pilgrimage to Fenway Park. We were treated to a walkoff home run by David Ortiz, and we are now 3 for 3 in wins during latter-day games attended. Better still, the Red Sox have clinched a postseason berth, so we can now rule out that our visits have jinxed them. ;-)

This year, we were lucky ( Read more... )

I'm still in catch-up mode, but I wanted to drop in quickly to explain my absence. Bob and I just spent the last week in Boston enjoying visits with the family and our annual pilgrimage to Fenway. We almost didn't make the trip after all the security madness on August 10, but at the last minute decided to go ahead with our plans, and flew to Boston ( Read more... )