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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Donning #46, Ryan Dempster had his presser at Fenway yesterday, saying he was excited to play for the Sox, and called Kevin Millar a “legend” Oh, OK–guess I am glad he has a sense of humor, or is completely delusional… But his biggest plus is the fact that he is a horse, and will go [...]

I am a huge fan of R.A. Dickey. Not only is he a knuckleballer, he is a fine human being, overcoming some major adversity in his life to be a successful pitcher on the major league level. This is the guy who was born WITHOUT the UCL, or the ligament that Tommy John Surgery repairs, [...]

All over the map today, lotsa crazy little thoughts in the locker, so I offer them up for you reading enjoyment… 1. So Youk is going to the Skanks, agreeing to a 1-year $12 million deal to play 3rd base while A-Fraud is out with his hip issues (No, never in a million years did [...]