In Memorium: Red Auerbach, 1917 - 2006
Sunday, October 29th, 2006I was a BIG fan of pro basketball in the 70s and 80s… but I rarely watch the game anymore. I migrated to the college game as the pro game became more individualistic. I was raised on the team basketball executed by Cowens, Havlicek, Silas, White and Chaney. I came to [...]
Cards Win Tenth World Championship
Saturday, October 28th, 2006A little more than three weeks ago, the St Louis Cardinals weren’t a sure-bet to make the playoffs.
In the throes of an 11-17 September, the Cardinals lead in the NL Central had slipped to a game-and-a-half over the Houston Astros. The Cardinals limped into the playoffs during the last weekend of the [...]
2-Year Anniversary Of Our Deliverance
Saturday, October 28th, 2006Approximately two years ago this very minute, the Red Sox beat the St Louis Cardinals 3-0 behind Derek Lowe and Johnny Damon, and the Red Sox swept their way to the franchise’s first World Series championship in 86 years.
Lowe threw seven innings of shutout baseball allowing only three hits and a walk. Relievers Bronson [...]
Red Sox Sign Timlin To One Year Deal
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Reliever Mike Timlin agreed to a one year, $2.8 million contract to play for the Red Sox in 2007. The incentive-laden deal includes bonuses for games pitched and games finished. He’ll receive a $125,000 bonus when he pitches in his 39th game, and again when he reaches 50, 60 and 70 games [...]
Twenty Years Ago Tonight: October 25, 1986
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006In 1986, I camped out at Fenway Park for five-and-a-half days for the privilege to purchase two World Series tickets. As the crowd of fans swelled to more than 1,000 people, I organized the rabble into an organized gathering with the assistance of another fan (whose name I forgot many years ago) and the [...]
Carpenter, St Louis Beat Detroit… Cards Take 2-1 Series Advantage
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Before the World Series began, all of the pundits (myself included) expected that this year’s Series would be dominated by the Detroit Tigers pitching staff.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the ballpark… it has been the Cardinals, not the Tigers, whose pitching staff that has dominated the World Series thus far – [...]
Twins’ Liriano Faces Prospect Of Surgery
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Injured pitcher Francisco Liriano, the Minnesota Twins southpaw who was the favorite for the AL Rookie of the Year Award until an injury cut short his season, is still feeling pain in his left elbow… and as a result he has ended his rehabilitation assignment.
It has been reported in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that [...]
Magadan Named Red Sox Hitting Coach
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Dave Magadan has been formally named as the successor to Ron Jackson in the role of hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox.
Magadan played in the major leagues for sixteen years, including seven years with the NY Mets at the start of his career (beginning with a cup of coffee with the Metropolitans in 1986). [...]
Pedro’s Tiny Friend, Actor de la Rosa, Dead At 38
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Nelson de la Rosa, the world’s shortest actor and a ubiquitous good-luck charm for the Boston Red Sox during their victorious 2004 World Series run, died at a New York hospital on Sunday, his agent said.
De la Rosa, who was about 2-foot-4, died of unknown causes, producer Andres Duran told The Associated Press. He [...]
MLB, Players Reach Agreement On 5 Year Labor Accord
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006THIS is the way it should be. While the attentions of the baseball world are focused on the World Series, the executives and negotiators of Major League Baseball and the players union have quietly negotiated a five-year extension to the soon-to-expire basic agreement that will maintain labor peace in baseball through the 2011 season.
No [...]
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