Wouldn’t it be great to put Lester on the mound against Manny Ramirez? That may happen if the Dodgers can take their playoff series from the Phillies. It didn’t happen for the Dodgers last night, dropping game one, 3-2.
Some young fans wouldn’t recognize the former Red Sox homerun slugger, with his hair cut short. It [...]
Do you notice your young athletes picking up habits while competing on the ball fields? Do they tip their hats, spit on their fingers, make signs in the dirt, or pick their nose before every play? Well, the later is just a bad habit they will grow out of, maybe!
Some of the best pro athletes [...]
This summer when my wife’s parents flew out to visit, I used my nifty Red Sox bottle opener to pry open a brew for my father-in-law. It plays an announcer’s voice saying “Way back, way back, homerun. Those crazy Red Sox did it again…” I thought I had the coolest bottle opener in the neighborhood until Christy and [...]
With a pool of blood in front of me, on the middle of Elm Street, I stood on the sidewalk and photographed Nashua police officers taking pictures and measurements for hours, as they investigated what appeared to me as a pedestrian accident with a car, behind Nashua City Hall Friday morning, May 2, 2008. But who [...]
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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