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The Biz of Baseball: 2007 MLB Organization of the Year: Boston Red Sox
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
The Biz of Baseball: 2007 MLB Organization of the Year: Boston Red Sox Timpani, Ed, timpani! It would have been one thing to say that the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004 broke some long standing “curse”, only to fade back into painful bridesmaid, where futility would continue for 80+ more years. It’s quite another to win two World Series championships in four years. The method by which Theo Epstein has assembled talent has not been a case of doing no more than throwing money at the free agency pool. Rather, the Red Sox have picked key free agent pieces and augmented ...
Phriday readin’
umpbump.com —
Watch Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick wreak his vengence on Brett Myers (with a little help from Shane Victorino) at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff (shaving cream pie at 2 minutes, 47 seconds). The Phillies are having so much fun in camp this year, I think we need to give that fun its own specialized word. Anyone for Phun?
More excitement building for the Rays, over at Squawking Baseball. It’s official: the Rays are the new A’s. Now when is Tampa Bay going to get a visit from Michael Lewis?
Until then, how about Joe Posnanski? He’s predicting the Rays will be contending for a playoff spot in “late August, ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, March 4
Projo Sox Blog —
... It's now five years and two World Series titles later. Fossum eventually was traded as part of the deal for Curt Schilling, without whom it's safe to say at least one, and maybe both, of those flags wouldn't be flying over Fenway Park. "Typical Red Sox thinking" has taken on an entirely different meaning. (bizofbaseall.com) And, irony of ironies, Bartolo Colon ...
What The Rangers Could Learn From The Brewers
Texas Rangers —
The Milwaukee Brewers may be teetering dangerously close to the precipice of elimination from Major League Baseball’s postseason picture, but credit progressive principal owner Mark Attanasio for daring to think outside the box amidst all the clubhouse turmoil:
Go to the Milwaukee Brewers baseball game Thursday at Miller Park and get a free ticket to a game next season.
That’s the offer this year from the Brewers and principal owner Mark Attanasio. Fans attending the Thursday game against the Pittsburgh Pirates will receive a voucher redeemable for a free ticket to a select game in the 2009 season.
“Everyone ...
