On this day in 2008, the Boston Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-team deal involving the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ramirez, whose time in Boston was filled with highs, like helping end Boston’s World Series drought, and in dramatic fashion, to lows, like getting into an altercation with the team’s [...]

The day before the recent annual amateur free agent draft, veteran baseball scout Billy Blitzer confided to me that he felt detached this year. After 28 consecutive years of serving as an area scout for the Chicago Cubs, he has been promoted to professional scout in 2011. Instead of attending high school and college games [...]

Not a very original headline, but when the story is about a repeat offender why should I work at being original.  Manny Ramirez, perhaps one of the greatest and the most controversial hitters of all-time, retired yesterday.  He didn’t go out with glory and recognition usually associated with players of his caliber though.  He retired [...]

I am not talking about hitting for the cycle in baseball-  I am talking about the cycle that can be associated with being a fan- today I felt it solidly. Why would that be?
If you have been reading here for a while, you know I grew up a big baseball fan.  Then, in the late [...]

Since there aren’t a lot of new stories out there- other than Cliff Lee and I just can’t spend a moment speculating on that- I thought I would start a question of the day for the hot stove season.  So today, tell me who you think is the best free agent DH candidate out there.  [...]