I am not the biggest fan when writers write glowing pieces about people, and so I was skeptical when I clicked on Tim Kurkjian’s piece about Bobby Valentine.  After all, I am more than a bit skeptical about Valentine in Boston, as most of you know.  But, after reading this piece, even I am thinking [...]

As the autumn drags on, the Red Sox front office has finally narrowed their managerial field down to two candidates, neither of which fit what seemed to be the original criteria. Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont are both considered old baseball men, despite their enthusiasm for the game.  Both have a great understanding of the [...]

Well, the Red Sox are landing on their feet- at least it seems they might be.  There biggest “mistake” of last year may turn out, before the contract is over, to not be too bad.  Of course, the Sox will lose another year on John Lackey, who will undergo Tommy John surgery soon and miss [...]

While it does look like the McCourt tussle over the Dodgers is coming to end- I will wait for just a bit more information before I spend too much time there.  But in the last week, while the excitement of the playoffs have been going on, there have been a few more interesting things happening [...]

This Theo Epstein going to the Cubs thing isn’t going the way it should.  After all, who could possibly expect to see a trade worked out between two teams where one team’s fans already were expecting to get the hot commodity before the trade had been completed?
Why would anyone tell the Chicago press about the [...]