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Nice call on the Buckner at bat! A truly memorable moment.
The Red Sox are a mess. Now they bring back Epstein after a mess has already been made of the team. The holes are still there, I haven’t heard any rumors about them being filled.
This represents the worst of [...]

In case you missed the news this morning, Theo Epstein is back full-time with the Red Sox. They have not disclosed his position or his responsibilities. Russ, the unexpected guest at Shea was the guy who parachuted into the stadium at the beginning of Buckner’s atbat.

Mike G – what was your favorite moment in Shea’s history, I tried the link but it wouldn’t load.

You can watch the entire press conference revealing the stadium plans by going here and clicking the video at the bottom of the page. I watched it a few weeeks ago while eating lunch at my desk at work. Poor Stein was forced out of his seat more than necessary to [...]

I, for one, like the renditions I’ve seen for New Yankee Stadium. Of course there will be a time to get “poetic” about the ‘76 edition of the Stadium as I’m sure fans were nostalgic about the Old Yankee Stadium. My understanding is that there are going to be taking the facade and [...]

There was a drawing of the exterior of the new Stadium in Newsday this morning. Looked crisp and clean, the exterior angles not too different at all from the existing. The interior will be luxury box friendly, of course. As long as the ghosts of Ruth, DiMag, Mick et al stay in residence [...]

Even though I dislike the idea of the WBC, I agree that it will occur at a time of the year when I will be craving baseball – any baseball. I am one of the few people who derive great pleasure and have great interest in watching/listening to spring training games. And, I [...]

It’s true, we all will watch the WBC because we all love baseball. But, I agree with Russ, the risk is too great. The WBC may be baseball, but it is totally unimportant baseball. Sure, I will watch it, but I would easily give it up to watch better baseball in the [...]

Yes, this tournament has little value to American baseball other than the money it may generate.
However, I love watching baseball. The fact that I am going to be able to watch competitive baseball this time of year is a bonus for me. Once the NFL playoffs have ended, there isn’t much that interests me [...]

Footnote/Correction: My reconsideration of Jim Rice’s case for the Hall of Fame was prompted by Raul Caneiro, who is a frequent reader and fan of this site. After an objection by him, I re-evaluated Rice’s statistics based upon the era in which he played and placed him in the appropriate context. I [...]