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No Place for Jackie Robinson or Sam Jethroe

September 29, 2017 By Pablo 13 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: racism, red-sox

Red Sox To Retire Boggs’ #26

December 22, 2015 By thegreenmiles 5 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: red-sox, sports, Wade Boggs

Fans Shouldn’t Support Red Sox Saving Money on Jackie Bradley

March 20, 2013 By thegreenmiles 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baseball, boston-red-sox, Jackie-Bradley, red-sox, sports

NFL- remove government tax breaks for the NFL and all professional sports

April 10, 2011 By tcook99 28 Comments

  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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: patriots, red-sox

GROSSMAN CAMPAIGN DEMANDS THAT POLITO GIVE BACK LOW-NUMBER RED SOX PLATES TO AUCTION OFF FOR JIMMY

October 26, 2010 By Steve 22 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: globe, grossman, politics, polito, red-sox, treasurer

Curt Shilling is a Red Sox hero…

January 16, 2010 By ChiliPepr 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coakley, red-sox, shilling

Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend

July 24, 2009 By shiltone 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baseball, hall-of-fame, jim-rice, red-sox, rickey-henderson

GOTV Time for Red Sox All-Stars

June 15, 2009 By medfieldbluebob 8 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: all-star-game, pedroia, random, red-sox, youkilis

Game 3 [bring your broom] open thread

October 5, 2008 By David 16 Comments

Sweep!  Sweep! [Update: guess not.  Onward.] … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: red-sox

Pablo’s new blog & disdain for west coast baseball

October 2, 2008 By Pablo Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: angels, baseball, pablo, red-sox

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