Story Archives of 'Boston Red Sox'

2007 was a year of victory for our primary and for same sex couples, a year of trouble for the state’s highway department and for the mill town of Groveton. It was a year when adequacy in public education was defined and Ed and Elaine Brown were captured. We look back at the biggest stories and forward to how they may play out in 2008.

Guests

• Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State, speaking on the New Hampshire primary
• Bob Odell, Republican State Senator from Lempster who was on the conference committee that worked on school adequacy, speaking on defining an adequate education
• Murray Rogers, president of the USW Local 61 at the Wausau Paper Plant, speaking about the mill closing in Groveton
• Bill Boynton, public information officer for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, speaking about the state of transportation in New Hampshire
• Vin Sylvia, managing editor of the Sunday Edition and Sports Section for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News, about New England sports teams
• Stephen Monier, United States Marshall for the District of New Hampshire, speaking about the standoff and capture of Ed and Elaine Brown
• Gail Morrison, an openly gay Democratic State Representative from Sanborton, speaking about the civil unions bill

The Red Sox wrap-up a three game series against their rival Yankees today. We'll check-in with sports writer Cecelia Tan, who's taking in the action at Yankee Stadium. We'll also hear some of the greatest baseball stories never told. Richard Letarte's new book looks at the careers of baseball players in the 1950s who only had one good season to brag about. His book is called That One Glorious Season: Baseball Players with One Spectacular Year.

Filmmaker Christoph Gelfand's new work explores the collective sorrow of Bill Buckner and the Red Sox' loss in the '86 world series. Gelfand combines that painful moment with his own dashed childhood dreams of victory on a playing field. The result is a philosophical journey about acceptance and forgiveness. We'll talk with Christoph about "Chasing Buckner" in advance of its premier this weekend at the New Hampshire Film Expo in Portsmouth.

Tonight on the Front Porch, we're talking about the draft -- the baseball draft, that is. The white-knuckle season is over for hopeful baseball draftees, and six New Hampshire players are headed for the pros. We'll talk with a Franklin Pierce College grad who's swinging the bat for the Red Sox down in Lowell, and we'll find out how deep scouts go in determining the psychological make-up of a potential big leaguer.

We'll talk with:

Cecilia Tan, baseball guru and co-author of The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games

Mike Chambers, second baseman from Londonderry who recently signed with the Red Sox after finishing college at Franklin Pierce.

Pete Foley, attorney and adjunct professor of Sports Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center

Part of being a Sox fan is getting caught up in the grand story of the team: It’s history of ups and downs, heartbreak and redemption, and the "creative" way the team dances between those extremes. A new book focuses on some of the happiest memories for Sox Fans. It’s called The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games, and one of the Authors joins us to talk about just what those are. Cecilia Tan writes about the Yankees for Gotham Baseball Magaizine.

Please note: The Red Sox interview posted here was originally supposed to air in yesterday's (4/5/06) show. Because of technical difficulties, we broadcast it on 4/6/06 instead. Now it appears in both this web version and yesterday's.