I’m making the annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Yay! And, my daughter will make her first visit to the Fens–at 17 months! I didn’t get to Fenway until I was 13!! So, as I mentioned on my Facebook Page the other day, Pedro and ‘Tek are back together again–but this time as Special Assistants [...]

Random Thoughts at less than 3 weeks to Pitches and Catchers… Avascular Necrosis. Sounds tasty, doesn’t it? That is the hip thing that cost Mike Napoli 2 years and $34 million dollars. And the weirdest thing is that he said he has no idea that he had the condition until the Sox found it during [...]

Next Saturday and Sunday, January 26th and 27th, Extra Innings in Woburn, MA, will host a Winter Wiffle Ball Tournament, with proceeds benefiting the Sandy Hook Elementary School PTA in Newton, CT. Sponsored by VITT PE, LLC- changing lives through the physical, the Lowell Spinners, the Nashua Silver Knights, NBAonNBC, Shortstuff Inc, Wiffle Ball, Extra [...]

Took them long enough… We all know by now that, due to the concerns about Mike Napoli’s hip, the Sox have backed away from the original 3 year, $39 million offer they agree upon, pending a physical, back on December 3rd. Now, they signed him to a one year deal–for $5 million. Can’t imagine that [...]

Baseball and music stars descended on the Boston area last weekend for the 14th Annual Hot Stove Cool Music Event, celebrating music, baseball and giving back by raising over $200,000 for Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein’s Foundation To Be Named Later. The annual Hot Stove Roundtable kicked off this winter’s Hot Stove [...]

So, for the first time in 17 years, the BBWAA failed to elect any of the 37 candidates (13 returning, and 24 newbies) to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The person who got the closest was first timer Craig Biggio, who at 68.2% was 39 votes shy of the 75% needed to [...]