Home run. Sure, the huge extravaganza planned for the Futures Collegiate League All-Star Game and 80th Birthday Celebration of Holman Stadium took a bit of a hit with Tuesday’s rain. The crowd was announced as 2,825, but there were some unused tickets, likely due to the change. But certainly ...
On his way out of town 15 years ago, former Nashua Pride general manager Billy Johnson was asked what was needed to make baseball in the city and at Holman Stadium successful. “You know what we need in Nashua?” Johnson said with a very serious face. “We need it not to rain.” See, some ...
It's never easy coming up with a Top 10 of anything, is it? Choosing often means losing. But for yours truly, Holman Stadium has so many modern memories over a 32-year span, that the choice is even more difficult. We came up with a Holman Top 10 (personal) Mements five years ago when the ...
BOSTON – He was 22 years old, and it was two o’clock in the morning. The bleary-eyed, right-hander from Fremont, Calif., picked up the phone in his hotel room in Texas. On the other end was the Cleveland Indians traveling secretary, Mike Seghi, who was calling to inform the future Hall of ...
There's a lot going on behind the scenes this summer so let's give you some tids and bits to keep you up to date: ---We may have jumped the gun late last month when we said the Futures Collegiate League was in the clear in terms of possibly losing the strong Worcester franchise to a possible ...
When a professional athlete begins his great free agent adventure, it is inevitable that he will solemnly tell the world, ‘This is not just about the money.” To any thinking person, that empty chatter is greeted with arched eyebrows at one end of the spectrum and soft, cynical chuckles at ...
