I shot this photo of a sign on an outfield wall at McCormick Field, home of the Asheville Tourists, South Atlantic League (Class 'A') Minor League Baseball As a lifetime baseball fan, I have watched thousands of hours of Major League Baseball. (Take a look... Read more →
Saturday Nov. 30, 2019 was the 101st birthday of baseball icon Mary Pratt of Quincy. All-American and former women's baseball league start Mary Pratt who is honoured on her 100th birthday at Grove Manor Estates, holds a photo of the team she played with, Friday,... Read more →
I originally wrote and posted "Sixteen Years of Bowflex Workouts" in 2010. In that post I wrote In June of 1982, after five years of physical inactivity, I decided that it was time to get back in shape. When I retired from the Navy in... Read more →
Photo of Me with Ted Williams that my dad shot in Fenway Park in the early 1950's. That's me in the stands wearing Red Sox cap, and Ted Williams is in left field. I’ve been a Boston Red Sox fan as far back as I... Read more →
2017 Hemmings Motor News Great Race participants as they leave Jacksonville, Florida, headed to Traverse City, Michigan. Jacksonville was the starting point for 2017 Great Race. I headed out early on the morning of June 24 to get a good spot to view and photograph... Read more →
In 2006, Helen and I spent a couple of days in "upstate South Carolina." We stayed in Gaffney, and drove over to Greenville to attend a Greenville Drive baseball game. We are lifetime Red Sox fans, and the Drive became the Red Sox class 'A'... Read more →
In June of 1982, after five years of physical inactivity, I decided that it was time to get back in shape. When I retired from the Navy in 1977, I went right to work as an accountant for a small retail/construction/service company. I also was... Read more →
George Jacobson The Salem News, By Bill Kipouras, Staff Writer, October 15, 2009 Ask George Jacobson to name the best golfer he had in 29 celebrated years as the varsity golf coach at Salem State College, and he'll quickly back off. "I had 26 All-Americans,"... Read more →
Quincy High School 1980 North Quincy High School (By Fullobeans - Own work) In Quincy, Massachusetts, there are two public high schools- North Quincy High School ("North") and Quincy High School ("Quincy.) We lived in a house within a block of Beale Street, the geographical... Read more →
One of the fondest memories of my career in the United States Navy, was during the early 1970's when I served aboard the U.S.S. Charles F. Adams (DDG-2.) "DDG" is the Navy's designation for a guided-missile destroyer. I was the Adams' Chief Signalman. The Adams... Read more →