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A New Year, A New Me?

So with it now being 2021, My hope is that things will start to get better, ( like most everyone else). I have continued to struggle with some of the same issues, that I had in previous years, mostly my health (physical, mental/emotional being the main two.  A lot of the health issues are due to my diabetes, which this September will be 21 years that I was diagnosed.  It has been a roller coaster over these past two decades, but I am always doing my best to maintain as good “control” as I can. However, it continues to be a frustrating situation, especially when there is so much disconnect between doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and of course the biggest brick wall ever, the Insurance Company.   While I was living back in Vermont, I was truly lucky to have some of the best health care that was available to me at the time.  However, since moving to Florida, eight years ago this July, I have found that its a constant battle to be able to not only get my insulin covered, b...
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What’s been going on

     Where to start on what’s been going on in my life over the past two years, since I have written anything on here.  Well, I am still living and working as an umpire here in Florida and while it's not always the most appreciated job, it is one that I have and continue to have a strong love, passion, and dedication towards.    I am going to be entering into my twenty-first year combined between my work in Vermont as well as here in Florida. I can’t believe I started this journey that many years ago, but it is and has been one of the greatest decisions of my life.   Through umpiring I have met some of the most amazing people who have become close friends and allies in what we do.  This translates not just on the field, but also in my personal life, where I have leaned on these people to help me through the roller-coaster that is my life.   I never thought that through umpiring I would have been able to meet the people that I have, and to be ...
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World Series Preview

As I have done with the previous two series's that the Red Sox have been in,  I once again am here to offer my analysis, opinions and of course my prediction.  With the Red Sox defeating the Astros in only 5 games ( yes I predicted 6) they have had sufficient time off to get some of their injured players, Sale, Moreland, and Nunez the time to get their injuries worked on and I expect them to play big roles against the Dodgers.  First, Sale is going to be taking the hill on Tuesday night, for the first time in nine days, and I expect for him to be both amped up as well as ready to show not only the Red Sox and the fans of course, that he's healthy. But to show the Dodgers that they are not going to be getting a hurt/sick Sale but hopefully, that he is well rested as well as ready to prove that when Dombrowski traded away four prospects including Michael Kopech and Yoan Moncada, that this was the reason.  Following Sale, will be Price who in his series-cli...
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Keys to Winning Game 5 and potentially Clinching the AL Pennant

Like many Red Sox fans, I woke up bleary eyed and tired, unsure if what I saw at 1:00am truly happened. Then I saw the news on multiple outlets and indeed it did happen. Craig Kimbrel once again put on his Houdini act and was able to escape albeit barely surviving and wouldn't have survived had it not been for Andrew Benintendi's DIVING effort to save the game. So now we head into Game 5 with David Price ( who was warming and would have entered the game had Kimbrel totally imploded in both the 8th and the 9th innings respectively. Yet, Price was seen celebrating after Benintendi's catch and will be taking the hill in what is probably the biggest start of his Red Sox career.  So with that being said here are my keys to tonight's game.   1.)  With a much-beleaguered bullpen which saw Ryan Braiser throw 1.1 innings, and Kimbrel throwing 32 pitches in his 2 inning stint, most likely unavailable tonight, the reliance on Price going at least 5 if not 6 innings to...
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Why MLB Failed in its discipline on Manny Machado

It was announced earlier today that MLB has fined Manny Machado an undisclosed amount of money for his running into and stepping on the leg of Jesus Aguilar and that he is still eligible for the rest of the NLCS. Ken Rosenthal     @Ken_Rosenthal 15m MLB has fined Manny Machado an undisclosed amount for the way he ran into Jesus Aguilar last night, sources tell The Athletic.  THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WRONG MOVE by MLB to have made. Anyone who has watched Manny Machado over the past couple of seasons, has gotten used to seeing Machado involved in drama.  From his deliberate late slides and the resulting injury to Dustin Pedroia as well his face to face yelling match with the Oakland A's now Indians, Josh Donaldson. To now during the NLCS and his repeatedly trying to interfere with Brewers shortstop, Orlando Arcia.     The first time he attempted to interfere was on a double play attempt where on a throw from the second baseman Travis Sh...
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Keys to Winning Game 4

After last night's dramatics by Steve Pearce and Jackie Bradley Jr plus the outstanding outing by Eovaldi, the Red Sox now have a 2-1 series lead with Rick Porcello on the hill tonight.  1.) Following Eovaldi's performance won't be easy as he is still the only Sox pitcher to go beyond the 5th inning in both of his playoff starts. Porcello has already staked his claim to fame as he has twice provided that stable eighth-inning bridge to Kimbrel in two outings out of the bullpen.  However, tonight he is facing a tough Astros team who were limited to just two runs last night, and are like manager AJ Hinch said about Mookie Betts a couple nights ago, are a "ticking-time-bomb"  Springer leads the Astros hitters with a .417 average, followed by Yuri Gurriel at an even .400 and Carlos Correra at .375 and Alex Bregman at .333.  SO keeping these hitters off of the bases and limiting the damage like Eovaldi was able to do will be a big key in hopefully securing a 3-1 seri...
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My Analysis of Game 3

It all started in the first inning.  Mookie's bat continues to stay hot as he led off the game with a single, followed by another single by Benintendi ( he actually was the only Red Sox hitter to have multiple hits as he went 2-5 tonight)  Then up stepped JD Martinez. As I mentioned in my keys to the game for game 3 they needed to get Martinez's bat going and that's exactly what happened. As he laced a ball down the rightfield line scoring Betts.  Then Xander drove in Benintendi on an infield groundout and even before taking the mound Eovaldi had a two-run lead. Eovaldi pitched 6 masterful innings allowing only 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 6. Yet his first inning was a bit rocky as he gave up a run on an RBI single by Marwin Gonzalez. He was able to limit the damage to that one run until the 6th when Alex Bregman laced a ball past the dive of Rafael Devers and tying the game.  Yet, he was saved by two BIG blasts. The first coming from Steve Pearce who took ...
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