By now, the story of the 1996 Yankees is a well documented one. It’s the year in which we saw the rise of one of baseball’s greatest dynasties. The Yankees, coming off a disappointing season in which they went 79-65, won the World Series by virtue of their young talent. Among the notable young players […]

After a week sequestered in conference rooms for my real job and a weekend catching up with my family, its good to be back in the swing of things. With “Truck Day” only a day away and Spring Training right around the corner, its time to answer some questions about 2007 that will have […]

The blogosphere is abuzz with answers to the question, “Are the Red Sox interested in Todd Helton?”.
According to striketwo.net, there have been more posts over the past on the 691 tracked baseball blogs in their database about Helton than any other player in baseball. Other names mentioned in potential trade talks, Mike Lowell and […]

I had the pleasure of attending the Boston Baseball Writers Association Awards Dinner last night. Of course, I was sitting at the table in the furthest corner from the head table possible. But that didn’t stop me from getting a few snapshots of the guests and award winners. Here are some of […]

With the acquisitions of Joel Pineiro, Brendan Donnelly, Hideki Okajima, and J.C. Romero, along with the resigning of veteran Mike Timlin, returning youngsters Manny Delcarmen and Craig Hansen, and the always entertaining Julian Tavarez, the Red Sox bullpen is flush with arms. The question is, are those arms going to be good enough to […]