January 2009

We’ve all waited too long for Jim Ed to be given his well-deserved spot in The Hall to just mention it once and move on. So we sing his praises again today, that’s how we roll. This story about Jim Rice should be firmly embedded in the brain of anyone who calls himself a Red [...]

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This was my post from January of 2005… Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame. The final jewel in the crown for so many. The elusive dream for so many more. And what separates those with Hall of Fame plaques from those left standing outside? A very good question. First things first, you have to be [...]

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Congrats, Jim Ed.

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Everything you need to know about Dustin Pedroia comes through in this quote from yesterday’s Hot Stove Cool Music baseball roundtable: After [Rays outfielder Fernando]Perez answered a question about his feelings after the Rays beat the Red Sox in the ALCS, Pedroia piped in with, “Don’t get used to it.” Man, I’d take a team [...]

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The “Shuuto” or Shootball is another mythical Japanese pitch, like Dice-K’s Gyroball. Look it up on ten websites and you’ll get ten explanations – from a “cross between a fastball, slider and sinker” to a “reverse slider” to “somewhat similar to a screwball.” Whatever it is, Takashi Saito throws it and he’s gonna be in [...]

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The Power of Red is unmatched. Just a few days ago, he makes a plea to bring back Mark Kotsay, and Shazam! the Red Sox make it happen. I think more than his efforts last season and his rally-cry name, the picture above shows a very compelling reason for Red Sox Nation to welcome back [...]

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Pedroia was in town last night to receive the hardware that goes along with being named MVP. Why Red and I didn’t get picked up in a limo full of hookers and escorted in to the Boston Baseball Writers dinner is still a mystery. But I digress. Napoleon Shaughnessy reports that Dustin is still the [...]

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The new fourth outfielder for the Red Sox will wear number five, the first to don that number since Nomar. The Rhode Island native said it was a childhood dream to play for the Red Sox. “My family and friends are as crazy as any other Red Sox fans out there,” Baldelli said. “I know [...]

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The much-needed big bat continues to elude them, but the Sox are close to plugging a few more spare parts into the 2009 machine, including Rhode Island’s own Rocco Baldelli, seen in the photo above getting his Ray LaMontagne on, and eternaBrave John Smoltz. We always like to see the “local” guys wearing the uniform, [...]

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