Jim Thome was traded back to Cleveland yesterday, after the Indians made a waiver claim on the newest member of the 600 hundred home run club.  I am not sure if that feels like he is going home, but it seems like it to me.  It is a storybook ending in the career of Jim [...]

Any one series in a season are just moments really.  The Red Sox are in first place now, after two weeks of looking like they had no idea what they were doing in a ballpark at the beginning of the season.  So it is entirely possible that two months from now, post trading deadline infusion, [...]

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Events
1901 – The first American League game is played at the Chicago Cricket Club, with the Chicago White Sox defeating the Cleveland Blues 8-2.
1917- Lefthander George Mogridge no-hits the Red Sox at Fenway park, becoming the first Yankee pitcher to throw a no-no and win the game.
1957 – Three Cubs pitchers combine [...]

Reading Paul Hoynes answers to readers questions this morning, I thought the questions sounded very much like some of the mutterings of Mets fans.  It is interesting how similar two clubs can be that actually are so different in so many ways.  Whether it is asking why the GM might try to spend high or [...]

The Chicago Whie Sox announced yesterday that they would “unretire” number 11, the number word by Luis Aparicio, for current Venezuelan Shortstop/Utility guy Omar Vizquel.  As I have written many times, there is a long history of Venezuelan Shortstops in the major leagues.  Chico Carrasquel began the line, Little Luis Aparicio followed along, as did [...]