And so we begin…Parenting, Phase 3
Just came back from a road trip with Jack. We went to Vestal to see my Dad, visited the Baseball Hall of Fame, Buffalo to see my friend the Chief, then two days in Toronto for Yankees vs Blue Jays. Spectacular. That also meant 20+ hours in the car together. And Shani’s first question is … Continue reading So, what did you talk about?
A little baseball set up... The Houston Astros cheated. In 2017, the Astros and the Yankees faced off in the American League Championship. It was a best-of-seven series and the winner would go on to the World Series. And after an epic battle that went back and forth, the Astros won. They then went on … Continue reading Vengeance and Loss in New York City
Exciting news -- the Stadium Guide that Jack and I created (with help) is in the local paper! Check out this awesome article. Expect to hear more about the guide in the next couple of weeks!
Footnotes included at the end. Footnotes Things we talked about in the car: Popularity, my mom, suicide (tragically relevant), relationship with his brother, baseball (lots and lots), future road trips, how I met Shani, times I had my heart broken, more baseball, Family Guy, hardest we'd laughed with our friends, play-by-play of my trip around … Continue reading Spring Training road trip in 27 photos.
Quick update. Last night the Yankees beat the Indians in a winner-take-all game to advance in the playoffs. For 4 innings, the Yankees were ahead 3-2 and it felt like the Indians were going to come back the whole time. Jack declared, "This is the most stressed I've ever felt." Then in the 8th inning, … Continue reading The Intense Stress Relief of Victory
I will first draw your attention to the change in title. For this episode, we are NuckolBRAWL. And for this NuckolBrawl tale, I bring you back to Christmas morning of 2016. The family is in the living room, around the tree, taking turns opening presents. Things are joyful and sweet. Shani has just unwrapped the … Continue reading Jack, Shani, and the Green Folder that Ruined Christmas
Jack Nuckols' article has been featured in the local paper (again)! Here is the link to the entire article: https://www.scribd.com/document/317974443/Haddonfield-0713#download&from_embed
Alex was being an a-hole. And he's usually my easy kid. But he was relentlessly antagonizing Jack, he was shrieking at me when I told him it was time to brush his teeth, and he was crying about nothing. Generally, when your kid is freaking out for no apparent reason and acting like a complete … Continue reading Social Reckoning
This weekend was the finals for the "Dog Eat Dog" tournament in Jack's Fall Ball League. Jack's crew was the severe underdog – and it showed. The teams started plugging away Sunday night and it was quickly becoming a slaughter. By the end of the 3rd inning, Jack's team was down 11-3. The team was … Continue reading Game of the Year
Note: Jack freaked out when I asked him to read the final verse because "Jeter isn't dead!". So I read it.
This is a quick one, but one that was felt intensely. Jack is gone. He is at camp for a month. One month. - Appropriately, we watched a baseball game on his last night at home. Jays-Yanks and we watched the entire thing. It was a sloppy embarrassment of a game for the Yankees but … Continue reading He is gone
In the wake of his newfound fame following his front-page feature of the Haddonfield Sun, Jack Nuckols sat down for an intimate interview with Barbara Walters. [Link to article at the end.] BW: So, Jack, how does it feel to be a celebrity? JN: Well, it’s sort of like when I won the geography … Continue reading Jack Nuckols: the Barbara Walters Interview
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