Rants of the Newly Old

            I know, it’s March, too cold for baseball, in the 40s. But the Yankees played San Francisco (interleague already?) in the Bronx ...

I spent the afternoon with a bunch of baseball buddies. We are all New York Mets fans. This group has been together fo...

source: Mets Sweep Doubleheader from Phillies; Stroman Sharp (shifting to a baseball theme for the day, headline from the Hartford Courant) ...

I am a huge baseball fan. It started with Don Larsen’s perfect game in the World Series of 1956. Could someone actuall...

(from my datebook—EDITED) March 10 , I attend a performance of Hamilton as a guest of a friend. March 11 , I ride the subway for the ...

               Every March I meet with a group of Mets fans to talk over the previous season, guess how many (or f...

-->             The baseball season opened today—oddly, in the middle of the week, and in late March, not Monday or Sunday nig...

Today I went to a Yankee game with my cross-the-hall neighbor. She has a half-season plan and shares the tickets with ...

            (I don’t know what other languages have a word for baseball, but if you know, please post a comment.) ...

            Opening day is just over a week away. So today I took the train to Connecticut to meet a group of New Yo...

Baseball Life begins on opening day. So say many baseball fans and writers. Baseball leads into spring, Roun...

Today I took the train up to Connecticut to meet with a group of New York Mets for our annual preseason lunch, craft b...

An Ordinary Day             This was one of those days when not a lot happens, but it feels like I’ve been very busy.             F...

Do Men Have a Better Sense of Humor,  or Just a Weirder One?             Recently my husband and I were discussing what makes somethin...

It's April, National Poetry Month. I want to keep writing here, and maybe  I'll write a poem occasionally, but I don't think I...

Part I. The Afternoon             I met with a group of New York Mets fans who have been gathering before the season starts for 30 year...