Rumored deal that would send enigmatic Manny Ramirez to South Florida may not be in the team’s best interests
SCOTT JACOBS
If you follow baseball, you’ve heard the rumor. The Marlins, Red Sox, and Pirates are talking a blockbuster three team swap that would net Florida Manny Ramirez.
I’m going to say something that might surprise […]

Popularity: 12% [?]

COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
The Boston Red Sox are contemplating trading their exasperating superstar, Manny Ramirez, before Thursday’s deadline, according to published reports.
Ramirez, 36, who is in the last season of the eight-year, $168 million contract he signed with Boston in December of 2000, urged Red Sox management Sunday night to […]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Manny Ramirez has been asking for trades on and off every year since coming to the Red Sox, but now it’s for real. The Red Sox really want to trade him, but they probably won’t find a buyer, according to my sources and other sources.
The Sox couldn’t trade him in his prime, so they […]

Popularity: 25% [?]

COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
Seemingly since I began utilizing my legs to walk, I have been an enormous sports fan.
But, this past Sunday afternoon I had an epiphany akin to the one that Lester Burnham experienced towards the end of “American Beauty.”
Sitting in a prominent Boston sports bar, I was disgusted when […]

Popularity: 8% [?]

COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 12-4 Monday night in the Bronx to extend their home winning streak to 8 games.
Despite the inane and inexplicable rush by many to discard the 2008 Yankees from playoff contention in the month of July, the Bombers stand a measly […]

Popularity: 8% [?]

J Rose
Boston-based commentary with all the sublety of a sledgehammer
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees resumed their long-standing rivalry Thursday night in the Bronx, and for the first time in recent memory it wasn’t hyped as the Greatest (Hardball)Show on Earth.
Boston was coming off a disappointing three game drubbing at the hands of […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

J Rose
Boston-based opinion will all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
It’s the eve of the biggest series in the history of Tropicana Field and the whole town is, well, basically going crazy for the Rays.
Except for the approximately 1 billion transplanted New Englanders who live here, myself included.
For us exPats we’re caught in the crossfire, torn […]

Popularity: 5% [?]

J Rose
Boston-based opinion with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
Last Friday morning Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling informed the world on his weekly radio show that he would have to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, and at 41-years old and facing a lengthy rehab, he has probably pitched his last game in the major leagues.
Shortly […]

Popularity: 4% [?]