I’m wondering how quickly the number 34 Red Sox jerseys will depreciate in price over the next 24 hours, as news of Big Papi allegedly taking steroids in 2003, surfaces to Fenway fans.
As if a shot or two of steroids didn’t work for certain New York Yankees players, to boost their homerun tally, AccuWeather.com says the dimensions of the new Yankee Stadium, not wind factors, are responsible for a surge in homeruns hit by the Yankees, according to an AP report in the Concord Monitor.
My son would be thrilled to drill a baseball out of the park for a home run, but should a pro athlete like Boston Red Sox’ David Ortiz keep his job by only hitting one?
What does Manny Ramirez, an eight-track tape and a penny have in common? They’re all worth about the same amount - valueless.
The Dodgers offered Manny $25 million for one more year. What would they get in return? A homerun-hitting cry-baby who throws tantrums in the dugout, walks at his own pace on the field and shoots his [...]
Many of us fair-weather fans are lining up to make confessions this morning. We gave up on the Red Sox after watching the Rays’ homeruns sail out of Fenway. I went to bed at the end of the 6th inning.
But, surprise, surprise. My wife called me on her way to work this morning. She was [...]
Just received this picture from my friend Dave, a fellow NH Grizzlies parent. It’s a picture of the Grizzlies surrounding my son, Brandon congratulating him on the three-run homer he hit at a baseball tournament in Connecticut last weekend. He’s the one with the big smile on his face in the middle. His dad (myself [...]
When your son or daughter starts to rip home runs out of the park, you’ll know it’s soon time they will be moving up to the next level of play, outgrowing their current baseball/softball field.
I saw it happen a few weeks ago. Dan Quinn, a seventh-grader, hit a nice homerun for the Auburn Braves junior high team during a [...]
It’s early Sunday morning and the sun just came up. You barely have your eyes open and your child comes running up to you shouting “Dad, I hit a homerun.” A few minutes later he does it again. Aren’t you proud? Is this one of those priceless moments you’ve seen on the television ads?
Well, don’t [...]
Welcome to Raising Athletes, a blog for families involved in sports. I'm Bob Hammerstrom, a staff photographer and multimedia producer at The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H. I'm a parent of an athlete involved in AAU and high school sports. You can contact me at: bhammerstrom@
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