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All-Time Red Sox 40-Man Roster
The Baseball Card Blog | October 2nd 2008
Lately I've been helping myself fall asleep by reciting my personal All-time Red Sox 40-man roster. Here's what I've come up with:CatcherCarlton Fisk (1969-1980)Jason Varitek (1997-2008)First BaseJimmie Foxx (1936-1942)Mo Vaughn (1991-1998)Second Bas read more
A Live-Blog for Johnny Pesky
Red Sox Chick | September 28th 2008
12:45pm - Tarp has come off the field and the game will start as planned at 1:35pm. The tribute to Johnny Pesky and his number retirement ceremony will be happening at 1:15pm. Remy keeps saying that the Red Sox “changed the rules” to read more
The Tao of Fred McGriff - Day 9
The Baseball Card Blog | September 25th 2008
This afternoon I sat by the side of the road, waiting for the crosstown bus. I sat there for what seemed like forever, but was probably no longer than 20 minutes. I finally got so impatient that I crouched next to the bus stop sign, counting the seco read more
And The Hall of Fame Green Room Snacking Munches On For Another Y…
The Baseball Card Blog | July 25th 2008
It's Hall of Fame Weekend! Hooray! And while it's exciting for Rich Gossage, Old Man Dick Williams, and the Ghost of Barney Dreyfuss, there are a green room full of guys who continue to check their voicemail in vain...586 career stolen bases • 5-ti read more
Is Fred McGriff Hall Worthy?
What's The 401?!?! | June 1st 2008 by Joseph DeRita
Fred McGriff officially retired from baseball in 2004 meaning he will come up for Hall of Fame induction in 2009. The early talk suggests that McGriff will not be voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, but will he ever? The biggest detr read more
Is Dwight Evans Hall Worthy?
What's The 401?!?! | May 25th 2008 by Joseph DeRita
It’s a discussion that’s often had amongst sports fans. Is such and such player worthy of the Hall of Fame? More commonly brought up with borderline or active players, talk of the Hall of Fame can stir up some serious debate. With t read more
Original Art Stories: Gene Colan, Part III, A Living Tribute, Par…
20th Century Danny Boy | May 12th 2008
2008 Baseball Hall of Fame Voting
The Asian Sports Fanatic | January 10th 2008 by asiansportsfanatic
Congrats to Rich “Goose” Gossage on his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. This was well deserved since Gossage was able to succeed in at a time when when relievers when 2-3 innings per outing. I commend the Committee fo read more
The Baseball Beat 1/9
Tyler's Articles | January 9th 2008 by Tyler Hissey
Bedard, Cameron on the move? The Bedard talks are heating up, as Larry Stone of the Seattle Times writes. The story was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com, who, citing a major league source close to the situation, says th read more
One More Year for James Edward Rice
Boston Sports Blog: Rants & Raves from the Left Coast | January 8th 2008 by BG
He was one of the most feared hitters in the game and a perennial MVP candidate from 1975-86. He was so strong that he once broke a bat simply by checking his swinging on a pitch. He was an 8 time All Star and won the MVP Award in 1978 with over 400 read more
Disagreeing With Marc Topkin
Tyler's Articles | January 6th 2008 by Tyler Hissey
Here's my brief response to Mark Topkin's selections for the Hall of Fame Class of 2009, sent to Tom Jones of the St Petersburg Times. Topkin, the Tampa Bay Rays' beat writer for the St. Petersburg Times, selected Andre Dawson, Goose Gossage and Jim read more
Wrapping Up the Rest
Between the Lines | January 3rd 2008 by Ben Lindbergh
I'm going to cover the next few ESPN HoF "debates" in one post, since I have less to say about each of them. Michael Knisley and John Shea tackled Andrew Dawson's candidacy; here's how Shea justified his decision to vote for "The Hawk":For me, the mo read more
Free and easy (down the road)
Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases | December 26th 2007
Ten free minutes for me, 10 free half-formed thoughts for you . . .1. While the Merril Hoge's of the world continue to spew their concussed nonsense about some "blueprint" to beat the Pats, I have to say that I'm actually more confident that they're read more
Sometimes, Honesty Isn't the Best Policy
Between the Lines | December 19th 2007 by Ben Lindbergh
Woody Paige has solicited the aid of his readers as he fills out his Hall-of-Fame ballot--and not a moment too soon:I need your help. Do I vote for suspected steroid users, particularly a couple included in the Mitchell report on Thursday, or do I a read more
Of course, Chris House is glad he's in Detroit
Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases | July 9th 2007
A few quick items while trying not to wonder what exactly "intestinal turmoil" entails . . . I know I wasn't the only one playing the What-If game while watching Gary Sheffield pummel Red Sox pitching the last few days. Sheffield, as I'm sure you rec read more
The 1979 AL MVP Award
BBWAA Watchdog | June 6th 2007 by Paul White
Let's play a little game. Let's see, just by looking at a few numbers, if you can pick the player that received the most MVP votes in the election for the 1979 American League Most Valuable Player. This should be fun.Johnny, who are our first two con read more
Goose Gossage, who is a favorite to be voted into ...
New England Sports Hub | January 15th 2007
Goose Gossage, who is a favorite to be voted into the Hall of Fame next year, said he hopes former Sox slugger Jim Rice joins him.'From my standpoint, there was no more fierce guy than Jim Rice. No one scared me, but Jim Rice got my attention.' . . . read more
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