Our Sox are not off to a good start. I have a link to a piece I wrote for a site called “Baseball history comes alive”. It pertains to Dick Groat and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates. I found this site last year perusing the internet and, if you are a fan of the history of the game, the photo archive that accompany each story are a treasure.

https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/dick-groat-forgotten-hero-of-1960/

Thanks so much for your message. I love the story about you running home from school, just as I did for the Pirates! This is an exciting season in Boston; we were at the game on Tuesday where Holt broke everything open (as he has kept on doing). Only one game left to clinch! Thanks, also, for ordering my novel. Though it was written for young adults, I find more adults reading it and commenting on it, so I hope you’ll enjoy.
Go Sox!
Liza

I too rushed home to catch a World Series game. It was the first game of the 1968 Series between St. Louis and Detroit. I lived about 2 miles away from the school I attended. The final bell was 2:15. The Series (from memory) games started at 2:00; I normally took the bus home from school. That day, there was a delay in the bus arrival. Time was a’wasting; so I ran home! I arrived still in the early innings of the Tigers-Cardinals Game One.

Bob Gibson was in the early stages of a masterpiece pitching performance of striking out 17 batters! This was the year of the pitcher in baseball and Gibson was amazing the entire year. Alas, the Cardinals lost game 7 on, of all things, a misplayed fly ball by Curt Flood to open the “floodgates” of a Tigers come from behind win for the Series winner.

I too am a Red Sox fan (since 1959). I have ordered your “Out of Left Field” book. I know it is targeted for young adults, but when you are a fan of the eternal game of baseball and its history, you remain forever young.