I was watching the Brewers and Cardinals play Game Six of their series last night when my mind started wandering towards a thought I will be sharing here for the next few minutes. Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder were competing for the teams they have been with for their entire careers. They are both free agents this coming off-season, and both have been speculated to be signing with another team. Continue Reading...
Sox-Go-Round
I am not sure this piece needs to be any longer than the title. I just wanted to share a few thoughts as a life long Red Sox fan who knows a lot less about them than many of you. First, as the list of accomplishments were read, listed, or discussed as Terry Francona was shunned from the organization, it was apparent to me that this guy won in Boston despite the ownership group. Francona and Bill Continue Reading...
The Team
Baseball undoubtedly will fill lots of space on this site. It's what I know, it's one of the things I dearly love. Today is about team. Just team, baseball team, any sports team, work team, whatever team. I know from team's I have played on, and more team's I have been close to, that there are not many things better as a player than being able to look up and down your bench and know that they all Continue Reading...
It seems about right
Baseball. Baseball in the fall. Games starting in the afternoon. It's supposed to be played during the day, right? That's how we played it growing up. That's how our baseball heroes played it. It's kind of how the season begins and ends. Afternoon games in the spring, when just listening to a game from a warm ballpark anywhere can be a release from a long winter's icy grip here in the Northeast. Continue Reading...
Francona makes one final move, can you blame him?
I know there are a lot of people out there who think Terry Francona carries as much or more blame than the players, Theo Epstein, or the front office do for this season’s epic collapse. I honestly don’t know how to slice the blame pie, and who should get what piece. I do know that Francona, Theo, and the front office never won a single game of the 744 wins Francona managed for Boston. Should we Continue Reading...