by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | People
PEOPLE Tom Brady Bought Me Shoes After the 2013 Red Sox won the World Series, there were a few sponsors that sent some cool gifts to the team. New Balance recreated the famous PF Flyers from the movie The Sandlot and sent a pair to every member of the team. L.L. Bean...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Gary DiSarcina When I showed up for my first taste of professional baseball, I was coming off a wrist surgery. I had broken it diving over the catcher’s head against Harvard 6 days before the draft (This was before I learned that I wasn’t a slide guy)...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Jack Hammer For the playoff run with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, I was the inactive 26th man traveling with the team in case of injuries. I did everything with the team like I was active; took batting practice, went to all the scouting meetings, and...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, Lifestyle
BASEBALL, LIFESTYLE My Favorite Performance Enhancing Drug Is Laughter During the 2019 season, I took a Yale Summer School Online class titled “Brains of Genius”. It is one of the most popular classes at Yale, and I can see why. We studied the concept of genius...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL You Need to Play When I tried out for the high school baseball program as a Freshman, I looked around at all the players that were older, bigger, stronger, and faster than me and, for the first time in my life, doubted if I was good enough. I made the team...
