Although the Lowell City Council canceled last week’s meeting because it was school vacation week, the Lowell School Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday night. The first motion on the agenda was by Mayor Sokhary Chau was in response to School Superintendent Joel Boyd’s recent announcement that he would leave Lowell this June at the end of the academic year:
Ah, baseball, interest has been revived by the rule changes, where 4 hours of mostly boredom has been compressed into 2 hours of action. But there is still a sour taste in our mouths when major league ball abandoned the lower minor leagues. As for LeLachuer park, it is still in the City, and may be better operated by UML.
For a little baseball history and trivia (for Paul) —- in 1939 the Red Sox arrived in Massachusetts to conclude Spring training with an exhibition game against Holy Cross at Fitton Field in Worcester, with 20 year old Ted Williams making his first appearance in the State. And he came through with a first inning grand slam! The trivia question is the names of the 4 who scored, all of whom are in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Ah, baseball, interest has been revived by the rule changes, where 4 hours of mostly boredom has been compressed into 2 hours of action. But there is still a sour taste in our mouths when major league ball abandoned the lower minor leagues. As for LeLachuer park, it is still in the City, and may be better operated by UML.
For a little baseball history and trivia (for Paul) —- in 1939 the Red Sox arrived in Massachusetts to conclude Spring training with an exhibition game against Holy Cross at Fitton Field in Worcester, with 20 year old Ted Williams making his first appearance in the State. And he came through with a first inning grand slam! The trivia question is the names of the 4 who scored, all of whom are in the Baseball Hall of Fame?