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Winning: Is That It? Boston Globe Columnist Dan Shaughnessy’s Personal Evolution After the End of the Curse of the Bambino

Posted by olabner on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 in AL, Boston Red Sox, Playoffs, Research

NB: I wrote this in the fall of 2015 for a research methods class while working on a Master’s of English (Creative Writing Nonfiction emphasis) at Missouri State. I present it here with no edits except for subheadings (for easier…

Talking baseball with Doris Kearns Goodwin!

Posted by olabner on April 12, 2017May 30, 2017 in Fan, Research

I’m working on an MA in nonfiction writing. In 2015, I wrote a research paper concerning happiness levels among Boston Red Sox fans after their beloved team finally won a World Series. The Hedonic Treadmill principle, essentially, maintains that humans adapt to…

Just Curious: questions I’d ask baseball players

Posted by olabner on February 2, 2016April 27, 2017 in Research

Today reporters ask football players questions in preparation for the Super Bowl. Here are some of the dumbest questions ever. Pitchers and catchers report in about two weeks, so let’s switch sports. What would I ask a baseball player? Well:…

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