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Gordon Edes

For Sox Mental Skills Coordinator Adan Severino, Looking Away is Not An Option

It happened at a high school game in Iowa in early July. A junior center-fielder by the name of Jeremiah Chapman, the only…

8 min readJan 29, 2021

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For Sox Mental Skills Coordinator Adan Severino, Looking Away is Not An Option

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Gordon Edes

Never before told: Jonny Gomes, inserted into lineup after players protested, hit game-winning…

AUTHOR JOAN RYAN REVEALS TALE IN NEW BOOK, “INTANGIBLES: UNLOCKING THE SCIENCE AND SOUL OF TEAM CHEMISTRY”

3 min readOct 12, 2020

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Gordon Edes

WHAT I AM READING: THE BIG CHAIR

I have known Ned Colletti since he was a sportswriter covering hockey in Philadelphia, 40 years ago. He has been a media relations…

5 min readApr 6, 2020

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WHAT I AM READING: THE BIG CHAIR

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Gordon Edes

WHAT I AM READING: THIS OLD MAN

I have had the exquisite privilege of sharing a few pressboxes with Roger Angell, the great essayist and fiction editor for the New Yorker…

4 min readApr 5, 2020

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WHAT I AM READING: THIS OLD MAN

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Gordon Edes

WHAT I AM READING: SEPTEMBER, 1918

Two years ago, this book by long-time journalist, TV anchor and Google executive Skip Desjardin came to my attention,. “1918” has always…

2 min readApr 4, 2020

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WHAT I AM READING: SEPTEMBER, 1918

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Gordon Edes

WHAT AM I READING? LET ME SHARE A FEW WORDS

I want to share with you snippets from some of the books I have. Some are newly published. Some I’ve had for a long time. Most will have…

2 min readApr 3, 2020

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WHAT AM I READING? LET ME SHARE A FEW WORDS

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Gordon Edes

A SOX COLLECTION IN CARDS: RICH GARCES, EL GUAPO

Middle relievers are not cut out to be cult figures, but Rich Garces broke that mold. The nickname had a lot to do with it: El Guapo (“The…

3 min readApr 3, 2020

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A SOX COLLECTION IN CARDS: RICH GARCES, EL GUAPO

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Gordon Edes

A SOX COLLECTION IN CARDS: LEADING OFF, VERN STEPHENS

Red Sox curator Sarah Coffin, with assistance from such notable interns as Nate Lucchino and Rachel Kirby, has digitized thousands of…

3 min readApr 2, 2020

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A SOX COLLECTION IN CARDS: LEADING OFF, VERN STEPHENS

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Gordon Edes

Fenway’s Green behind the Green Monster

By Rachel C. Kirby

3 min readJul 18, 2019

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Fenway’s Green behind the Green Monster

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Gordon Edes

Wally the Green Monster and the Steal of the Century

Bang! The bobbleheads on Wally’s shelf rattled. Water splashed out of the fishbowl in which Wally kept his goldfish, Yummy. And the…

11 min readJul 18, 2019

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Wally the Green Monster and the Steal of the Century

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Gordon Edes

Gordon Edes

Gordon Edes was an award-winning sportswriter for 35 years and spent nearly five years as the historian for the Boston Red Sox

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