Tag Archive | red sox
Boston Strong
My first reaction, upon hearing of the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, was this: “marathoners are the strongest people I know. Thinking of you, Boston, as I am always.” Then I looked at the time during the race: 4:09. Four hours and nine minutes of running. I can’t run a marathon [...]
We’ll say it again – IT’S OPENING DAY!!!!
Baseball is FINALLY here, the long cold winter months are over, and happiness simply does not describe how we feel. Because in baseball, things like this happen: And things like this happen: Thank you Earth, for turning on your axis and rotating around the sun so that Opening Day can come and baseball can be [...]
The Current State of Female PA Announcers in Baseball
Longtime Fenway Park Public Address (“PA”) announcer, Carl Beane, tragically died last month after having a heart attack while driving. Beane had held the job since 2003 and was beloved by fans and the Red Sox players. His voice, thought by many to be unique and iconic, welcomes fans in the “The Baseball Experience” exhibit [...]
Fenway is Always There
Today, April 5th, is Opening Day for the Mets and the Red Sox (and many other baseball teams but who cares about them.) Lydia and I will be sharing our thoughts today about why baseball makes us lose our minds. Enjoy. It started out of boredom. Sure, I always liked the Red Sox. Because my [...]
Why Would I Wear This?: Old Navy Edition
Yesterday, I received an email from Old Navy touting their new line of sports apparel. They’ve been doing this for a while now – licensing sports trademarks for t-shirts and the like – so I wasn’t surprised to see a section of MLB and college team gear labeled the “Superfan Nation.” Leaving aside how lame [...]
Let the Games Begin!
In late 2011, Lydia approached Sara with an idea: what if we started a blog that dealt with feminism and sports from a different perspective than everything else out there? We both love reading sports blogs and feminism blogs, but the two only intersect when there’s a particularly newsworthy event. We’re big sports fans – [...]
