It’s here! It’s here! ITS HERE! The First Mandatory workout for all Pitchers and Catchers happened today at about 9:30am. Baseball is HERE! Principal Owner John Henry, conspicuously absent for quite some time as the rumor mill has swirled around the Red Sox, held court in Fort Meyer for about 25 minutes yesterday, answering everything [...]

Yep, the “official” indicator that spring training is imminent–The Truck left Fenway Park around noon today, filled to the brim with all manner and variety of Red Sox stuff–both baseball and personal, and will arrive in Fort Meyers sometime on Friday… I don’t know what it is, but this offseason has FLOWN by–it didn’t feel [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Some random Red Thoughts, as I try to wrap my head around the fact that the Sox could have had Cody Ross (who signed a 3-year $26 million deal with the Diamondbacks) for 2/3′s  of what paid for Shane Victorino… Speaking of my beloved Cody Ross, interesting info on Bobby Valentine: “When Bobby came in [...]