Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Red Sox International

The Red Sox Nation is perhaps more appropriately The Red Sox World. We ran into some Sox fans in Kochin and talked up baseball and for the first time I really felt homesick. We analyzed Beckett's first game performance in the ACLS against Cleveland, we talked about Pedroia's hitting, and we shook our heads about Manny. There is really something special about mid to late November in New England - the explosion of autumn foliage, the crisp and cool mornings and evenings, the crunching of leaves underfoot, the Halloween preparations, and of course, the crack of the bat and the smells of Yawkey Way, Landsdowne Street, and the Fenway.

I turned on the TV in our hotel room one morning to be absolutely delighted to find live coverage of ACLS game 7 against Cleveland, which of course sealed Bostons 3-1 defecit comeback to go onto the World Series. It was a great game and a pleasure to watch, especially given the circumstances. I really realized how much baseball brings us together at home - my parents are huge Red Sox fans and I usually go to their house to watch the games. I could feel the shared excitement with my neighbors back in New Hampshire and my colleagues and students at CHS - I knew everyone was watching.

But after getting a post from Ravi in Hyderabad I also realized that the Nation extends far beyond the borders of New England and the US - he contacted me from my new home city to find out where we could catch the Red Sox.

Go Sox! 2007 MLB World Series Champions!!!

P.S. Isn't there a team from New York too? Or is that a badmitten team I'm getting confused with?
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About the Exchange

"The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, was proposed to the U.S. Congress
in 1945 by then freshman Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. In the aftermath of World War II, Senator Fulbright viewed the proposed program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting "mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world." His vision was approved by Congress and the program signed into law by President Truman in 1946.


Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program’s inception, approximately 279,500 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential—with the opportunity to exchange ideas and to contribute to finding solutions to shared issues."


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