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Beats, rhymes and life from Sean Sylver, Boston-based sports fan, writer, radio personality.
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5/23/21: The Champ Was Here
5/23/21: The Champ Was Here
Let’s jump into the car, honey, And head straight for the Cape
Sean Sylver
May 23, 2021
1/6/17: Sunset and Sandwiches with Milt Schmidt
1/6/17: Sunset and Sandwiches with Milt Schmidt
He always asked for “the Reuben, please.”
Sean Sylver
Jan 6, 2017
10/30/13: Forever In His Prime
10/30/13: Forever In His Prime
On a chilly spring night in April 1993, the wood-paneled Magnavox console TV, its clunky dial tuned to TNT, beamed Game 1 of the NBA…
Sean Sylver
Apr 25, 2020
6/17/12: The Celtics and My Dad
6/17/12: The Celtics and My Dad
They say baseball is a father-and-son game. Movie producers and noted scribes have focused countless hours on the subject. Field of Dreams…
Sean Sylver
Jun 6, 2020
9/21/15: Malone and Dawkins Walked the Same Path; Wore Different Shoes
9/21/15: Malone and Dawkins Walked the Same Path; Wore Different Shoes
‘’See, Kareem doesn’t look like this because he doesn’t do the banging,” six-foot ten, 260 pound Moses Malone once said in an interview…
Sean Sylver
Sep 21, 2015
3/14/13: Most Valuable Dad — Cal Ripken, Jr.
3/14/13: Most Valuable Dad — Cal Ripken, Jr.
It was right there on my bedroom wall as a kid: carefully clipped from Sports Illustrated, a picture of Cal Ripken, Jr., hand on hip…
Sean Sylver
Jun 6, 2020
1/14/15: Off The Top Rope, Into Immortality
1/14/15: Off The Top Rope, Into Immortality
On Monday night’s Raw, WWE announced Macho Man Randy Savage as the first member of the Class of 2015 to enter the WWE Hall of Fame. The…
Sean Sylver
Jun 2, 2015
7/13/14: They’re Parents, Too - Lebron James’ Decision Shows Us a Different Side of Pro Sports Life
7/13/14: They’re Parents, Too - Lebron James’ Decision Shows Us a Different Side of Pro Sports Life
“I’ve got my family to feed.”
Sean Sylver
Jul 12, 2014
2/12/14: Nancy Kerrigan and the Cape Cod Olympic Games
2/12/14: Nancy Kerrigan and the Cape Cod Olympic Games
I was terrified of stinging insects. That much I knew from the autumn of 1993, when I retreated to my grandmother’s in-law apartment…
Sean Sylver
Jun 29, 2015
5/28/14: Million Dollar Arm - America’s Pastime Belongs to the World
5/28/14: Million Dollar Arm - America’s Pastime Belongs to the World
Baseball is America’s pastime. If you believe the narrative, a man named Abner Doubleday invented it in Cooperstown, NY in 1839…
Sean Sylver
May 28, 2014
10/30/13: World of Fantasy
10/30/13: World of Fantasy
Every October, my eyes scan shelves of magazines, darting past pictures of windbag politicians, orange body builders and cars with…
Sean Sylver
Jun 6, 2020
3/31/17: “Ravishing” Rick Rude - The Guy You Loved to Hate Enters the WWE Hall of Fame
3/31/17: “Ravishing” Rick Rude - The Guy You Loved to Hate Enters the WWE Hall of Fame
Imagine trying to explain to somebody unacquainted with pro wrestling that one of the all-time great villains of the industry was the guy…
Sean Sylver
Jul 3, 2018
9/20/13: Going Yard — A Dad Inspires a Hero in Baseball and in Life
9/20/13: Going Yard — A Dad Inspires a Hero in Baseball and in Life
Dillon Coleman’s love for the game of baseball stretches back even further than he can remember. His dad, Jeff, once a talented high…
Sean Sylver
Jun 6, 2020
3/13/15: Finding My New Favorite Band in 2015
3/13/15: Finding My New Favorite Band in 2015
It took barely more than a week after Christmas for me to devour Carter Alan’s Radio Free Boston: The Rise and Fall of WBCN, an extremely…
Sean Sylver
Jun 2, 2015
12/4/15: Whether or Not Price is Right for Red Sox Depends on Your Perspective
12/4/15: Whether or Not Price is Right for Red Sox Depends on Your Perspective
My initial reaction to the Red Sox signing David Price was not a positive one.
Sean Sylver
Dec 4, 2015
9/16/16: Carrie Underwood and the Importance of the Pregame Pump-Up Jam
9/16/16: Carrie Underwood and the Importance of the Pregame Pump-Up Jam
Sunday night, as millions of New England fans huddled around their TV sets ready to bite their nails and throw things in case Jimmy…
Sean Sylver
Jul 3, 2018
6/6/12: Anything’s Possible!
6/6/12: Anything’s Possible!
Eight knuckle push-ups.
Sean Sylver
Jun 29, 2015
1/16/13: Three Ring Circus; No Honor in Cooperstown Debate
1/16/13: Three Ring Circus; No Honor in Cooperstown Debate
The Baseball Hall of Fame vote was revealed last Wednesday. As you’re well aware by now, nobody got in. More on that later.
Sean Sylver
Jun 30, 2015
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