On April 16, 1945, Jackie Robinson was among three Negro League stars who "tried out" for the Red Sox at Fenway Park. We don't know for sure if it was Tom Yawkey, or someone else in the front office, or anyone at all yelled the disgusting … [Read more...]
Red Sox To Retire Boggs’ #26
The Red Sox waited an extra decade to do it compared to beloved stars like Pedro Martinez and Carlton Fisk, but they've announced they'll finally put #26 on the right field roof deck facade: The Red Sox today announced that the club … [Read more...]
Fans Shouldn’t Support Red Sox Saving Money on Jackie Bradley
There's talk in Boston these days about whether the Red Sox should send prospect Jackie Bradley, Jr. down to the minor leagues for a few weeks to delay his free agency by one year, potentially saving the team millions of dollars. "It's good … [Read more...]
NFL- remove government tax breaks for the NFL and all professional sports
Look into any stadium in America; 50% and more of the patrons will deduct the expense of the tickets, hot dogs and beers as a business expense. These deductions are a "business expense" and while it is great to bond with your … [Read more...]
GROSSMAN CAMPAIGN DEMANDS THAT POLITO GIVE BACK LOW-NUMBER RED SOX PLATES TO AUCTION OFF FOR JIMMY
GROSSMAN CAMPAIGN DEMANDS THAT POLITO GIVE BACK LOW-NUMBER RED SOX PLATES TO AUCTION OFF FOR JIMMY FUND Globe reports that two-thirds of low-number plates intended to raise funds for children's cancer charity instead were diverted to Rep. … [Read more...]
Curt Shilling is a Red Sox hero…
Please, will someone tell Martha this! I just got a robo-call from Curt because of her saying he was a Yankee.... Argh! http://www.politico.com/blogs/... … [Read more...]
Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
As an aside that hooks up to the events of this past week, I noticed this:Few if any rookies had stepped into as potentially stressful a situation as Rice did when he was called up. He was a black player from a southern town coming to a … [Read more...]
GOTV Time for Red Sox All-Stars
Kevin "Greek God of Walks" Youkilis is neck and neck with Mark "Greek God of Selling Your Useless Soul to the Evil Empire" Teixeira; trailing by a scant few hundred votes in the latest polling: Mark Teixeira Yankees 833,960 Kevin … [Read more...]
Game 3 [bring your broom] open thread
Sweep! Sweep! [Update: guess not. Onward.] … [Read more...]
Pablo’s new blog & disdain for west coast baseball
Perhaps it's just another BMG spinoff, but Pablo has a brand-new blog. Please come visit Sacred Cod, where today's entry focuses on the evils of west coast baseball. Here's a sample.It's very nice that the left coast has … [Read more...]
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