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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 The Bambino's Curse has been called up to Fox Sports New England, which now hosts the Red Sox diary blog by Edward Cossette. A great quote from June 19:
You know I've seen places as varied as Chartres Cathedral in France to Machu Picchu in Peru, wonderful, beautiful, take-your-breath-away locations, but never have I seen anything as jaw droppingly perfect, the hand of God stuff, if you will, as Fenway Park on an October afternoon, the way the sun light streaks in at long, golden angles, and the straight edge between bright light and dark shadow inches slowly yet resolutely from the batter's box across the short infield, through the pitcher's mound …
Image: Fenway Park, World Series, Oct. 12, 1914. The Miracle Braves beat the A's 5-4 in 12 innings. *