Holy…Buckets…Part of me almost wishes Mike Lowell WAS a jerk–because the completely classy behavior on his part is SO painful to watch…. Not that I expected anything less from Mike Lowell–there isn’t a more gracious player in the game. I know baseball is a business, and I shouldn’t get too attached, but I think the [...]

On Father’s Day weekend, June 18-20, 2010, The Baseball Hall of Fame holds its 2nd annual Hall of Fame Classic Weekend. Billed as the “Ultimate Father’s Day Weekend”, the 3-day event includes the 1st annual Hall of Fame Golf tournament fundraiser for the Museum, a reprise of the popular “Family Catch,” the Youth Skills Clinic [...]

By the end of today, everyone who will comprise the Boston Red Sox (at least for the time being) will be in Fort Myers, as today is the deadline for everyone who is not a pitcher or a catcher to report. So, Josh Beckett has stated that he will not talk about his contract expiration, [...]

Whoo Hoo! Feel like its warmer already! Yeah, I know it’s in my head, since it’s about 22 degrees here–but some springtime delusion is never a bad thing… Today is the deadline for all Pitchers and Catchers to report to Fort Myers (or wherever all the other teams make their Spring Training homes). And, so [...]

Holy Buckets! In less than 18 hours, all of the Pitchers and Catchers of the Boston Red Sox will converge in Fort Myers, FL, to officially kick off Spring Training…Yay! So Jonathan Papelbon denies that he is all but NY bound the moment Free Agency hits: “I think that’s the perception, that I’m going to [...]

As more and more players arrive at camp (and The Truck should have been unloaded sometime this morning) the feeling of excitement is really starting to brew–despite the fact that Mother Nature dumped about a foot of snow here in NE Pennsylvania in the last week, with the potential for another 3-5 inches tomorrow… OK, [...]