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 [...]

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 [...]

Every season, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) polls it’s membership to cast a ballot for the players eligible for Hall Of Fame induction. Following the same rules as the official vote cast by the Baseball Writers Association, a player must receive votes on at least 75% of the ballots in order to be recommended for [...]

As always, the Red Sox baseball schedule is a sight to behold. It’s the concrete, clear-cut evidence that there WILL Be Red Sox baseball very soon–even if some of the scheduling leaves something to be desired… 19 meetings between the Red Sox and the Skanks this year, with the extra game being played at the [...]