Oakland A's Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/oakland-as Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Fri, 22 May 2026 15:43:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-BNyb0KwmkKGrHgoH-C8EjlLlhlGBJrZchZqHQ_35-32x32.jpg Oakland A's Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/oakland-as 32 32 It Was 20 Years Ago Today: Marking the Birth of Modern Red Sox Fandom https://www.halphillips.net/it-was-20-years-ago-today-marking-the-birth-of-modern-red-sox-fandom?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-was-20-years-ago-today-marking-the-birth-of-modern-red-sox-fandom https://www.halphillips.net/it-was-20-years-ago-today-marking-the-birth-of-modern-red-sox-fandom#comments Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:11:29 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=5270 AUBURN, Maine (Oct. 6, 2023) — The Red Sox, for whatever cosmic reasons, have proved remarkably championship-prolific at the beginning of centuries. By 1918 they had claimed more World Series titles (5) than any team in Major League Baseball. That they wouldn’t win another until 2004 has been, erm, well documented. But listen: They had […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/it-was-20-years-ago-today-marking-the-birth-of-modern-red-sox-fandom/feed 1 How Gene Michael & the Post-Miracle Mets Built a Red Sox Fan https://www.halphillips.net/gene-michael-post-miracle-mets-built-red-sox-fan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gene-michael-post-miracle-mets-built-red-sox-fan https://www.halphillips.net/gene-michael-post-miracle-mets-built-red-sox-fan#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:18:53 +0000 http://www.halphillips.net/?p=2947 NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (Sept. 11, 2017) — I’ve got work to do, but here I am getting misty writing about Gene Michael — a New York Yankee no less! I support the Red Sox but here’s the thing: His passing last week jolted me back to a time when my baseball allegiances were new, and […]

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