The paper above was ten years old today. It hasn’t yellowed very much, and it’s much bigger than today’s paper would be. Reading through it felt like a time machine, in many ways. This paper was a keeper, and so I kept it. The pain of disappointment is still very strong, ten years after theContinue reading “Reading the old news”
Category Archives: Operation Goose
Thoughts on Papi and Alou
Today was quite a day. Not only did I spend the day on a field trip with my daughter’s Girl Scout troop (more on that later, some day), but I had a variety of pieces running in different places. The I-still-can’t-quite-believe-it-happened comeback by the Red Sox in the ALDS–keyed by a grand slam by DavidContinue reading “Thoughts on Papi and Alou”
Operation Goose: An Introduction
Ten years is long enough. Ten years can sometimes feel like an eternity. And yet, for an event that took place almost a decade ago, the 2003 NLCS still feels close at hand. That’s because we have collectively frozen the moment in time, as if to preserve it somehow. It’s a natural response to somethingContinue reading “Operation Goose: An Introduction”