All states are not created equal, at least not when it comes to their influence on American history. That assumption underlies a new volume of essays called Massachusetts and the Civil War. New England Public Radio’s Carrie Healy spoke with one of its editors, Conrad Edick Wright, who says Massachusetts seems to be the single most important state responsible for the causes, and to some extent the consequences, of pre-and post- war order.
Conversation with Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy on Pedro Martinez’s Hall of Fame Induction
On Sunday, July 26th, 2015, in Cooperstown, New York, former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
To put the right-hander’s pitching accomplishments into context, New England Public Radio’s Carrie Healy talked to veteran Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy. He explains what the 1997 trade for Martinez meant for the Dan Douquette-era Red Sox.