Living Monstrance

Mark McGwire is one of the greatest home run hitters in baseball history. Me, I played two years of Little League and never put on real cleats in my life. So what do Mark McGwire and I have in common? Let me explain.
One summer I worked as a parking attendant in the parking garage behind [...]

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For a time I worked at the parking garage behind the Green Monster at Fenway Park in Boston.  One night I was working collecting fees from cars as they came into the garage, and this brand-new big Mercedes Benz came rolling to a stop next to me and the window dropped down.  Staring at me [...]

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I am absolutely horrible at golf.  It’s not like I haven’t practiced at times in my life.  When I was a kid, I used to practice putting around my backyard.  But I also used to play a lot of baseball.  So, when I have a golf club in my hands, the ol’ baseball swing takes [...]

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