The 3rd annual auction, which started on March 9th, and runs through Sunday March 20, 2011, benefits UMPS CARE, the official charity of Major League Baseball Umpires. As part of this online event, folks can bid on over 200 amazing items, including the following Red Sox gear: “Lunch with an Ump” and Red Sox Tickets [...]

So Josh Beckett, in his 2nd start since being beaned on the head by a stray ball during batting practice a couple of weeks ago (he only gave up 1 run on 4 hits in 3.2 innings of work in his 1st outing against Houston) was cruising for his 1st 4 innings of work, only [...]

As other Red Sox players in past years have put their names on a wine, Red Sox Aces Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester are players #10 and 11 who join the prestigious ranks with their contributions for 2011. With 100% of their proceeds raising funds for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The Jimmy [...]

While the Sox “B” squad beat the Skanks on Friday night, that is the only win they managed to squeak out all weekend… Daisuke’s shelling (7 runs (5 earned) on 6 hits (including a homer) while walking 2 and striking out 1–all in 3 innings of work–UGH) as well as Tim Wakefield and Daniel Bard’s [...]

When I wrote my first post in May, 2006, never in a million years did I ever think I would actually get to a thousand posts–it seemed like impossibility. But then again, so did the fact that the Sox would come from 0-3 in the 2004 ALCS, and then sweep the Cardinals to win the [...]

Holy….Buckets…. Just yesterday I was talking about how sucky it was that Adam Wainwright, the Ace of the Cardinals, had to have season and a half ending Tommy John Surgery this week, mere weeks into Spring Training…. And then Josh Beckett, who was just hanging in left field during batting practice yesterday, gets hit IN [...]