Yep, the “official” 1st sign of spring happened today–Truck Day! And yes, I know, anyone who is not a Red Sox fan (and even some Red Sox fans) think we are absolutely bonkers for actually caring about the fact that a truck laden with everything the Boston Red Sox could possible need/want/gotta have left Fenway [...]

So I halfheartedly sat down at my computer on Saturday afternoon, not particularly hopeful that there would be any tickets left for the 2011 campaign, in light of the fact that the Sox have made some uber-amazing acquisitions, and, at least on paper, are front runners for postseason glory… And, at 2:00pm, I was right. [...]

Yep, you heard right–There is baseball in Boston in the middle of winter–and it’s the very best kind–the kind that helps kids have a wonderful Christmas. Hosted by the Boston Amateur Baseball Network, the 10th Annual Winterball Game is a 9-inning baseball game fundraiser played the first weekend of December, and for the 7th year [...]

Tomorrow morning, Saturday, October 9, 2010, at Adams Field in Quincy MA, Curt Schilling’s 7th annual 100 Innings of Baseball kicks off at 9:00am. Started in 2004, The 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular began as a fundraiser for Curt’s Pitch for ALS program to aid the fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease to raise money for [...]

Jon Lester put in another good day of work, throwing 5.1 innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits (including a homer to Kaz Matsui) while walking none and striking out 7. He threw 75 pitches, 54 for strikes…Okajima, Ramon S and Daniel Bard all did well too, with only Okajima giving up a run. Then [...]

Hold Buckets! Nomar is retiring–OK, not so big news–But Nomar is retiring as a member of the Boston Red Sox! Yep. The Sox held a new conference this morning, and signed Nomar to a 1-Day, minor league Deal (Couldn’t they at least made it a major league deal? For one day?) Immediately after, Nomar retired…You [...]