I love Butch Hobson. More than that, really: I love watching Butch Hobson get ejected. For a guy who turns 60 in less than a month, he is capable of summoning up and dispensing an impressive amount of rage in a very short period of time. Last night, Hobson’s Lancaster Barnstormers were in Somerset to take on the Patriots. I don’t know any other details, and I don’t care. All I know is that...
Baseball blogs have been aflutter with the antics of State College Spikes manager Gary Robinson. Robinson got tossed, pulled a base out of the ground, autographed it,and gave it to a fan. Baseball Tonight made a big deal out of how original this was. Others are hailing it as the greatest ejection of all time. In my ongoing quest to remind the world how awesome Butch Hobson is, however, I must point out that...
Not sure if I’ve mentioned this here before, but I used to work for the Nashua Pride. At the time, the team was managed by former Red Sox infielder Butch Hobson (lovingly referred to in all team promotional materials as “Red Sox legend Butch Hobson”). Our goal was to infuse a family atmosphere into the ballpark, an objective that was aided by the fact that Butch’s three sons were constantly running around the place....
I wrote early in the season about the ceremony to retire Butch Hobson’s number 17 in Nashua. Looking around YouTube tonight, I found a video of the event:
It only took a week, but I finally managed to get some pictures from last week’s Nashua Pride games that my wife and I attended. Big props to Mrs. OMDQ, who downloads these from the camera because I’m too technologically illiterate to do it myself. Looking at the field for the first time, Joey appeared a little unsure of what he was actually seeing. One of my favorite parts of being a dad is...
As previously promised, my wife and I ventured a few miles down the road again on Friday to watch the Rox of Brockton square off against the Pride of Nashua in an official Canadian-American League regular season contest. We probably wouldn’t have bothered if not for a couple my wife used to babysit for in high school – they’ve been a host family for several years, which means they get tickets to every home game, but weren’t able...
Last night, my wife and I took our ten-month-son, Joey, to his first professional baseball game, a Can-Am League tilt between the Brockton Rox and the hometown Nashua Pride. We weren’t sure if we’d make it, considering the rain showers that peppered the area during the afternoon, but things cleared up as game time approached and we were able to settle in for a nice (albeit cold) evening at the ballpark. Watching my son...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
