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...
On a shelf in my parents’ living room, there is a baseball signed by every attendee of the 2004 New Hampshire Baseball Dinner. Some of the names are starting to fade, but most are still clearly visible. Jim Rice. Johnny Pesky. Rick Wise. Butch Hobson. Bill Monbouquette. It’s one of those items that is pretty cool to have, even if the actual monetary value is probably nonexistent. In addition to some of the big...
Okay, so maybe it’s not the saddest news ever. But for anyone who has ever attended a Nashua Pride game at Holman Stadium, the announcement in today’s Nashua Telegraph that Cail, the team’s play-by-play announcer since its inception in 1998, is leaving to broadcast Lowell Spinners games is upsetting. The lede to Tom King’s story perfectly explains Cail’s importance to Nashua and its Pride: One day, just prior to a Nashua Pride game a...
The Nashua Pride finished up its tenth season in style last Saturday, beating the North Shore Spirit, 6-4, to complete a three-game sweep in the Can-Am League Championship Series. The title is the second in the history of the franchise, following an Atlantic League championship in 2000. A victory parade and rally were held at City Hall on Monday. My wife and I weren’t able to go because she wasn’t feeling well and I...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
