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Here's the first known photo which was taken in 1904 of the Boston Marathon.
Sammy Mellor is shown leading at 22 miles of the 8th running of the Boston Marathon. This amazing photo shows wonderful detail of children, bicyclists and horse-drawn carriages accompanying the leader. Its a shame Sammy dropped out of the race shortly after this picture was taken.
See more photos from the marathon's history here.
Great fake tilt-shift photo of Fenway, the site of a thrilling and historic come from behind win last night by the Boston Red Sox.
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If in 1999 I stated that by the end of the first decade of the New Millennium the Boston Red Sox would not only win the World Series, but win it twice, and in addition the Patriots would collect three Super Bowl rings while the Boston Celtics would round all this off with a Finals champions, I think everyone would have called me nuts and most likely try to get me committed.
Who woulda thunk it?
Apple is constructing a new Apple store in Boston and rather than the typical facade during this phase, they've erected a nice little homage to this Red Sox crazed town. I think it's brilliant and adds a bit of humor to the cityscape. I wonder who brainstormed this nice homage to the city and the team.
I admit the headline makes no sense; I just wanted to channel Coolio for a moment. This past weekend the Red Sox hosted the Wankees, and I'm sure most of you have all heard or seen it by now, but during the Sunday game, the Sox slammed four home runs off one Yankee pitcher. Correction: Four consecutive home runs off one pitcher. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGTfFJFsfA]
What a thing to see and experience for those people at the game who'd never been to a baseball game before. Now they're going to expect that at every game henceforth.
Oh yea, and here's some Coolio. You know you want it. 1,2,3,4 get yo woman on the floor ya'll:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNj3IFkKCOw]
Update: ESPN's Bill Simmons made a funny about ARod:
A-Rod is like pollen -- you can always count on him to make an impact in April and May.
