It wasn’t the first game of the 2009 renewal of baseball’s fiercest rivalry, but perhaps it was important. In a typically long Red Sox-Yankees affair made even longer by a 2+ hour rain delay prior to the start of the game, Boston outlasted the Bronx Bombers Monday night (and Tuesday morning) for a 6-4 [...]

I just got back from Boston.
While there I had a chance to read the Boston Globe sports page, which I remembered fondly from my college days in the early 1980s. It started as a pleasant déjà vu; however, after a couple articles I couldn’t help but remember the strange dichotomy of the Boston media.
Boston has [...]

Variety ran an article today on how The New York Times has put its less-than-two-years-old headquarters up for sale in this time of economic downturn, made doubly difficult for newspapers as people increasingly turn to the Internet as their primary news source.
On the surface, not a story that seemed to have much to do with [...]

Sorry if I’ve been a little quiet lately, been battling a bug that has left my head rather cloudy–making it very difficult to formulate coherent thoughts.
February has always struck me as an odd month in sports. Everything seems to be on the “verge”. Baseball season is on the verge of starting (for that [...]

I’ve never liked Alex Rodriguez. Not when he was with the Mariners, not when he was with the Rangers, and certainly not since he’s been with the Yankees. For all his talent–and, like A-Rod or not, he is a talented ballplayer–I’ve always thought his attitude was terrible and his actions (such as shouting at Howie [...]

I love sports. Obviously–why else would I be writing for this site? But sometimes that love can make me feel really old, such as the first time it struck me that many of the players I’m watching now are actually younger than I am. As shocking as that realization was, I was able to move past [...]

Did anyone really believe that CC Sabathia would not succumb to the New York Yankees’ financial charms?
For those who haven’t already heard, Sabathia agreed today to a 7-year, $161 million deal with the Bronx Bombers, the richest contract ever for a pitcher.  The clinching deal point is an opt-out clause that allows Sabathia to leave [...]

No one has ever accused me of being a LA Lakers fan. Althought I have lived in Los Angeles for many years, I grew up in Connecticut during the peak of the 80s Celtics-Lakers rivalry. I rejoiced mightily last season as Boston returned to its glory years form, enjoying their new-found dominance all [...]

What does it take to win a Gold Glove these days?  Hard to believe, but the Red Sox’s Kevin Youkilis, who set a record this year for consecutive errorless games at first base with 238, lost out to Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena.  Pena had a fine year, but really?  Youkilis’s record spans almost two full [...]

If it wasn’t official previously, it is now.  The baseball world has completely turned upside-down.
Last night, as we all know by now, the Philadelphia Phillies won only their second World Series in 126 seasons.  Their victory occurred only one year after the Red Sox won their second Fall Classic in a four-year span, the first [...]