Could it be the approach of opening day that made me dream the New England Board of Higher Education assigned me to celebrate the Boston Red Sox franchise?
And this while the board has explored a new reparative justice project.
I started out by reminding myself that the Bosox were the very last team in Major League Baseball to sign a player of color. Pumpsie Green.
Years later, the city of Calvin Coolidge mistreated Tommy Harper over racial and labor issues. Boston’s 10th man pestered underappreciated Dominican star Manny Ramirez. Led by the curly-headed boyfriend.
And except for some of the hot-dog sellers, the crowd at friendly Fenway is generally off-white.
Batter Up.
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