http://www.metafilter.com/tags/stangrossman Posts tagged with 'stangrossman' at MetaFilter. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:20:56 -0800 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:20:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74702/A%2DPromise%2DKept <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/09/04/a_promise_kept">A Promise Kept:</a> "When two medical flight helicopters collided near a Flagstaff, Ariz., hospital June 29, a promise died. It was a sacred promise from a Red Sox-loving father to his three young sons. On his 37th birthday in August, they would make the 2,100-mile pilgrimage to see the Red Sox play in Fenway Park." James W. Taylor, Jr.'s <a href="http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ml-redsox&tid=242975" title="The first message posted to the forum on MLB.com, James' sister asking for help in securing the hardest to get tickets in baseball.">promise</a> was <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/09/04/a_promise_kept/" title="Stan Grossman's heart-warming and heart-wrenching article about the Taylors">kept</a>, thanks to hundreds of <a href="http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ml-redsox&tid=244357" title="the donations thread on MLB.com">strangers</a>, most of whom his family would never meet, some of whom are <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/09_04_08_grossfeld_sox?pg=13" title="A picture of the boys meeting Dustin Pedroia, Boston's MVP candidate second baseman who would reach best in his next 11 plate appearances.">known</a> to <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/09_04_08_grossfeld_sox?pg=14" title="A picture of the boys meeting Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon">Red Sox</a> fans <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/09_04_08_grossfeld_sox?pg=15" title="A picture of the boys meeting Jacoby Ellsury, Boston's rookie center fielder.">everywhere</a>. Read the story from Traci Johnson's <a href="http://taylorredsoxfans.blogspot.com/2008/09/trip-of-lifetime.html">perspective</a>. Listen to Traci <a href="http://www.punditreview.com/2008/09/taylor/">describe the day</a>. Read Red Sox blogger Cyn's version of the <a href="http://www.toeingtherubber.com/2008/09/04/sunday-august-31-2008/">story</a>. If you'll excuse me some sentimental editorializing: that this came together, and that we can see it from so many perspectives, is truly the best of the web. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74702 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:20:56 -0800 bostonredsox jameswtaylor stangrossman dirtdirt