Great to see the Boston Red Sox opened the 2009 campaign at home with a big win over the defending American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays yesterday, 5-3!
Beckett throws a terrific game, AL MVP Dustin Pedroia hits a homer-as does Jason Varitek—and a game postponed from Monday starts the season off right!
There is no other game like baseball-combining the fascinating aspects of the game itself-with the community-building facets that have made baseball truly America’s pastime !
It was on this date in 1974 that Hank Aaron broke the all-time home run record belonging to Babe Ruth by slapping #715 out of the park-the video is below in a tribute to the Atlanta Brave superstar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FlP_r1-lPU
Regardless of what happens to the Sox this year, I’ll be there-cheering them on all the way—and enjoying the chatter with friends and family about our “boys of summer
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