…give or take a couple days… It’s 28 degrees here in the Northeast, we had snow on Thanksgiving, and summer seems so far away…just like it does every year. But the Hot Stove has been doing a decent job of warming up the Red Sox, so now if the Sox can just focus on starting […]

As the Hot Stove continues to heat up, some random thoughts as I work on my final project for my Testing and Assessment’s class, get ready for Turkey Day, and wrack my brain on what to get my toddler for Christmas–and then actually find the time to go out and do that… Yeah… But holy […]

A bunch o’ random thoughts as I am still trying to find my desks after spending a week in Tennessee with my toddler daughter (which included first plane ride). She was better behaved that a lot of the adults we saw on our journey… 112 Days to an actual baseball game. Against a major league […]

Poor Jake Peavy. From a CY Young in 2007 to not being able to win a game if his life depended on it. 3 World Series Starts and 3 stupendous World Series losses (This includes last year’s 4 inning start with the Red Sox). He is truly the Tim Wakefield of baseball these days. He […]

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout swept the balloting on his way to his third successive Stan Musial Award, as selected by members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA). Trout, who had arguably his worst full season in the big leagues, still posted a 7.9 bWAR on his way to leading the Angels to their […]

In a thrilling race, some new blood emerged to win the American League Walter Johnson Award. Corey Kluber, the unexpected ace of the Cleveland Indians, nipped 2010 winner Felix Hernandez of Seattle by six points in voting held by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA). Kluber, who went 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA and a 152 […]