May 24, 2008
Looking for a New Office
So I am looking for a new office. I have been in Waltham for the past couple of years, but want to move back into the city, Boston, Brookline, or Cambridge, probably in that order. I am not terribly picky about space, but it needs to be an office and not a cubicle and I want it to be all-inclusive--rent, utilities, and Internet included. And it must be on the T. If you are a broker and represent one of those expensive "executive office" spaces like Regus, don't bother--I am not interested and don't have the budget.
I would be coming in from Melrose (Oak Grove), so another option might be Medford or Somerville, but again I would like it be on the T.
If you know of something, have something, or are looking to sublet from a bigger space you already have, please do get in touch.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 10:39 AM
May 22, 2008
A No-No
Back in the day, I would get to 6-8 Red Sox games a year, but the tickets are just incredibly expensive now, and with the boys so busy and expensive, we go less. I think each of the last two years, we have only gone once. But we got to go as a family on Monday, and we saw an incredible game--a no-hitter by Jon Lester, a young man who is only a year away from battling an aggressive form of cancer.
I've been to a lot of Red Sox games over the years, and I have enjoyed them all, and seen many great games and many great individual plays. I saw Mark McGwire hit three home runs in a game. I saw the great Sox-Yankees playoff game when Pedro beat Roger and we serenaded Roger off the field. I saw Bo Jackson hit maybe the hardest home run ever in Fenway Park. I've seen great pitching from the likes of Pedro, Roger, Bruce Hurst, Oil Can Boyd, Tom Seaver, Frank Viola. But I had never seen a no-hitter before Monday night, and it was something to see.
I noticed there were no hits after the fourth inning, but I didn't really start thinking about it until an inning or two later. I figured a hit would come. But then all of a sudden it was the eighth inning and people were really into it. Lester seemed to be both taking energy from the crowd but also not getting too swept away by it. When he walked someone to start the ninth, the crowd reacted more than Lester. He spent a minute behind the mound. Our seats are close enough that we could see he was trying to compose himself--a deep breath or two. But then he was back on the mound and finished strong, striking out a completely overmatched someone-or-other for the final out.
It was great. I was thrilled for my boys. They have missed coming to the games, and the one game we got to last year was a loss to the Yankees (boo!) and in really terrible, obstructed view seats. This game we were back in our old seats, the weather was great, and the game was one for the ages.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 3:28 PM
May 7, 2008
Baseball and Breakfast
Since I was eight years old, I have had my breakfast every morning during baseball season while reading the box scores. It's always more fun when the Red Sox win of course, but even when they lose, the box scores still never disappoint. Not familiar with a box score? Wikipedia can explain.
But even in baseball, all good things must come to an end. Julio Franco retired, and this article is a nice tribute to a fine career. I had watched Franco closely the past few years. After Rickey Henderson left the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004, Franco was the only active player in major league baseball who was older than me. Alas, now I am older than every single one of them. I guess I won't ever be center fielder for the Red Sox after all.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 9:22 AM
