The Neighborhood
Dot Rat Baseball – 1957
This is the time of year I start craving baseball. You know all those huge fields all over Dorchester? At one time, they were used for baseball instead of soccer. The Boston Park League was so popular at one time, 5000 people would show up …
Beantown Alpha Cowboy…
So I’m driving through traffic the other day when all of a sudden I hear this incredible roar that seemed to fill the street. I start to scan the road when I lock on to my rear view mirror. Here comes this massive orange and …
Caught in the act…
Check out this dude in Andrew Square that mounted a small cam on his front door to keep an eye on things. Some drunk kids decide to hose down his front stairs the other night, so he decides to regulate. I love how he casually …
Lets go sledding!
It was a cold morning on the top of Popes Hill in our year of The Lord nineteen hundred and eighty two. School was cancelled down at the Murphy, and yours truly was staring down into Hemey Park holding my brand new inflatable sled. The …
Welcome to the family…
Most of us know him as “Dangerous”, but this week it’s Daddy. Mark Doherty of the Dead Friends welcomed his new baby girl Kathryn into the world and I couldn’t be more psyched for him. Word around town is that “Mama Dangerous” was rocking a …
Dot is proud!
Bill Traft and Marc Anthony Muniz did a fantastic job representing Dorchester last night. First up in the amateur matches was Muniz who from the opening bell started working a stiff left jab that seemed to stop his opponent dead in his tracks every time …
The Hiatus…
First off, don’t act like you didn’t miss me. Everybody knows dotrat.com is a little guilty pleasure during the course of your day. Life has been a little hectic as of late, this website is starting to take on a life of it’s own but …