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Just in time for Opening Day: Mayor signs ordinance raising fines for parking in resident-only spaces around Fenway Park

By adamg - 4/9/15 - 2:58 pm

Mayor Walsh today signed an ordinance raising the fines for parking in resident-only spaces around Fenway Park on game days from $40 to $100 - just one day after the City Council approved the idea.

The increased fine will remain in place through the end of the year - after which city officials will evaluate them to see if it worked to free up spaces for Fenway residents. The $100 tickets will be doled out to cars without resident stickers starting two hours before a game and ending two hours after.

Out of towners could pay more to park on the street during Sox games

By adamg - 4/8/15 - 1:08 pm

The City Council today approved a proposal to increase the fines for non-residents parking in resident-only spaces around Fenway Park from $40 to $100 during Red Sox games.

Councilor Josh Zakim, who represents the neighborhood, said the measure should help residents with parking stickers who come home to find all the on-street spaces filled with Sox fans - many of whom find a $40 fine a decent price to pay for game parking.

The measure, which requires the mayor's approval, would run through Dec. 31 as a pilot program.

Fred Lynn knows what kind of fragrance a woman really likes on a man

By adamg - 3/30/15 - 7:05 pm

1976 Fred Lynn Red Sox Aqua Velva Commercial

The Sox player advertised Aqua Velva in 1976.

Ortiz isn't forgiving Shank

By adamg - 3/26/15 - 8:44 pm

David Ortiz writes a long piece about the PED accusations and how they haunt him to this day. And, of course, the Globe's own Shank is right in the middle of it all:

In 2013, I came off the DL and started hot. My first 20 games I was hitting like .400. And the reporter with the red jheri curl from The Boston Globe comes into the locker room says, "You're from the Dominican. You're older. You fit the profile of a steroid user. Don’t you think you’re a prime suspect?"

PawSox to become SomeOtherCitySox

By adamg - 2/23/15 - 9:42 am

The Pawtucket Red Sox have a new owner who's moving the team somewhere else.

Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette dead at age 78

By kvn - 1/26/15 - 3:41 pm

Bill Monbouquette, who was a 20-game winner and threw a no-hitter during his years with the Red Sox, but whose greatest contribution to the team was in the area of race relations, passed away on Sunday after a long battle with leukemia. He was 78.

The Medford native, who also starred on the hockey team at Medford High School, played a pivotal role in making the Red Sox clubhouse a more welcoming environment when Elijah “Pumpsie” Green arrived in 1959 as the team’s first African-American player.

They voted for Pedro

By adamg - 1/6/15 - 3:16 pm

The Baseball Writers Association of America today voted Pedro Martinez into the Hall of Fame in the first year he was eligible.

Family of woman who fell down elevator shaft at Fenway Park sues Sox

By adamg - 12/18/14 - 8:12 am

WBZ reports on the suit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, which charges the elevator door was already loose when Elisabeth Scott brushed against it, lost her balance and fell two stories onto the top of an elevator, suffering major brain injuries.

In an August hearing, city officials said they did not know why the door opened.

Panda, pound for pound

By adamg - 12/4/14 - 10:03 am

Over the Monster gives us 245 facts about Pablo Sandoval, one for each pound of his weight.

Christmas comes to Roslindale

By adamg - 11/29/14 - 4:57 pm

Santa alighted from a Boston firetruck this afternoon to usher in the Christmas season in Adams Park along with Mayor Walsh.

Mayor Walsh and a local kid pushed the lever to turn on the tree:

Wally and some friends visit veterans

By adamg - 11/12/14 - 7:42 am

Photo by Michael Ivins, Boston Red Sox.

Wally, Sam Horn and three World Series trophies visited the VA Hospital in West Roxbury yesterday.

The ultimate Boston sports highlight reel

By adamg - 9/24/14 - 7:42 am

The Greatest Moments in Boston Sports History ᴴᴰ

By Michael Martin Media.

H/t Maria B.

iPhones aren't the only things Bostonians line up for

By adamg - 9/20/14 - 10:53 am

Lined up in Legacy Place in Dedham for Red Sox tote bags

Lined up outside L.L. Bean.

When Dana Gitell got to Legacy Place in Dedham around 9:20 this morning, she saw two long lines. Yes, one was outside the Apple store (below). But the other was outside L.L. Bean, where people were lined up for Red Sox "limited edition" tote bags.

Aw: Boy makes girl's day at Fenway Park

By adamg - 9/6/14 - 10:14 am

Happened at the Sox/Blue Jays game at Fenway last night.

Stinky Sox snarl over StinkySocks

By adamg - 8/25/14 - 4:49 pm

Peter Gelzinis reports how the Olde Town Team is threatening legal action against some Dorchester guy who runs an adult hockey league in the Boston area called StinkySocks Hockey.

Lester now an A

By adamg - 7/31/14 - 10:12 am

The Globe reports. Also gone: Gomes.

UPDATE: Lackey leaves.

UPDATE UPDATE: Drew departs.

Lester scratched for tomorrow, so where's he going?

By adamg - 7/29/14 - 10:56 pm

Pete Abraham tweets; end of an era in Boston.

Tibetan leader in exile takes solace, example from Red Sox

By adamg - 7/19/14 - 7:04 pm

The New York Times introduces us to Lobsang Sangay with a profile that starts with him reminiscing about game 7 of the 2003 ALCS - and the lessons he took away from Grady Little's decision to leave Martinez in the game:

Behind his desk, a magnificent life-size, silk-draped photograph of the Dalai Lama hangs from the wall, and outside his window, the Himalayas rise like a great wall into the mist.

Mr. Sangay, 46, recalled the agitation as he watched Boston’s lead slip away, perhaps the most calamitous in a history of heartbreaks for those who persisted in believing in the Red Sox. The suffering would all be washed away by the next season, but in 2003 no one knew that. “Normally, I am quite a patient guy," Mr. Sangay said. "But he brought him back after 118 pitches."

Pre-game

By adamg - 7/18/14 - 8:03 pm

See it larger.

Jared Wickerham captured David Ortiz before the game.

David Ortiz is a busy man

By adamg - 7/2/14 - 9:39 am

He has no time to wait around for ball 4. Meanwhile, last night up in the broadcast booth, the boys spent a good part of the early innings discussing Jerry Remy's socks. Complete with close ups of said socks (and his loafers).

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