When Bobby Valentine was ejected from a Mets game and returned to the dugout with fake glasses and a mustache, I knew he was the man. Whether or not he’s the right man to manage the Red Sox is something plenty of people have their respective theories about, whether they’re a casual fan, a radio
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From Minor League Baseball to Major Congratulations
I won’t pretend to know Theo Epstein, Ben Cherington, Jed Hoyer, Josh Byrnes, or any of the other men– and hopefully women (if Kim Ng lands a position)– who land new executive-level jobs this baseball off-season. It would be great to be pals with any one or all of them, but that’s not what this
From Minor League Baseball to Major Fun Part 3.5 (Or is it Part 5? Who knows.)
I guess there was a subconscious reason for the labeling of my last post. It may not have been the same date or the same order of ballparks visited, but I did happen to catch a Portland Sea Dogs game up at Hadlock Field on Friday night. Coincidentally, it was against the New Britain Rock
From Minor League Baseball to Childhood (and Back)
Soon after one of my adult front teeth got knocked out, I went to a Red Sox game. (The tooth is still healthy and in my mouth, believe it or not.) It was the fall of 1996, and I discovered a new player that day while at Fenway with my dad. At that point in
From Minor League Baseball to Hockey East
Despite the Boston University Terriers’ loss to the Boston College Eagles in the Beanpot Semifinals, it’s not all doom and gloom for me. (I got a blog post out of it. That has to be worth something, right?) If there was one good thing about the game that I saw on NESN, it was
An Encouraging Sales Revelation
I’m learning that sales experience can help you in many different ways and often comes from unexpected sources. Whether you’re selling a revolutionary stapler, the latest Top 40 hit or a new house, it’s the same basic idea to get from prospecting to collecting. If you know the item you’re selling well enough, a knowledge
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