When I saw the Sox signed a Ross over the weekend, I was so happy there were able to resign my beloved Cody Ross–and then I see they signed veteran catcher DAVID Ross from Atlanta to a 2-year contract. Crap… So now, all of a sudden, the Sox have THREE good catchers, any of which [...]

Or, as they are also known, the General Manager’s Meetings. Started today in Palm Springs, there is one notable difference for the Red Sox for this year: Ben Cherington actually seems to be running the show. Now, if King Larry can keep his mitts off of things, I think we will see a much better [...]

The Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s (BBA) final award of 2012, the Stan Musial Award, is given every year to the premier player in each league. In what proved to be the easier of the two decisions, the Alliance pulled together to award Buster Posey for his stellar season leading the San Francisco Giants to an eventual [...]

As we near the end of the 2012 award presentations for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA), the Walter Johnson Award honors the pitcher in each league that excelled far beyond anyone else. This year’s vote was not unanimous like last season’s, but it was a decision that many of the group could still agree on. [...]

The BBA‘s 3rd postseason award is the Goose Gossage Award,which honors the best relief pitchers in Major League Baseball. This year’s selections were an easy decision for the membership and, for the first, time they honored a player for a second consecutive year in the same category. In 2011, Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel was [...]

Continuing their announcement of award winners for the 2012 season, The Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) named their choices of the top rookies in both leagues by awarding the Willie Mays Award. This year’s vote yielded the only unanimous decision in all five categories for the group. In the American League, Mike Trout was awarded the [...]