Year: 2009

Wolves record: 15-27 Box Score Stephen Litel/MinnesotaSCORE live blogged the game   From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: Randy Foye struggled through…

Last weekend, during the NFC Championship game, the commentators were all talking about the matchup between Donovan McNabb and Kurt…

It’s over for Schwapp. Asaph has declined an offer to play for a fifth year at Notre Dame, and will…

but could someone share with me how this happened?

From the NY Post: The banished Stephon Marbury acknowledged for the first time yesterday he has a verbal commitment from…

That quote didn't come from anything the Celtics did during the game.  It came from what the Celtics did AFTER…

The Herald makes it sound like he was. Knick guard Stephon Marbury told the New York Post that he has…

Raptors 113, Kings 97 Andrea Bargnani scored 24 as the Raps downed the Kings 113-97. Going into this game, the…

Joe Torre talk is in the air everywhere today. On Blog Talk Radio, NY Baseball Digest’s host Mike Silva and…

In watching some of the NHL All-Star pre-game stuff, I just have to say…Carey Price and Henrik Lundqvist are about…

Now that most NFL teams have generally more or less figured out free agency, you essentially never see quality players…

Thanks to Sports Illustrated (12/29/08) for this nugget from Tito: TERRY FRANCONA, RED SOX MANAGER, when asked who was tougher…

Rob Bradford of WEEI.com is reporting that the Red Sox have made an offer to Jason Varitek. This offer would pay Tek $5 million in 2009 and include a team option for 2010 at another $5 million. Varitek can also exercise a $3 million player option if the team declines their end of the option. Varitek has been clear in that he wants a multi-year contract, so this may satisfy both parties. The Red Sox have given Varitek an unknown deadline of when to accept the offer.

I just looked at the Amazon.com site, to see if they had any preview information on Joe Torre and Tom…

Joe Torre is coming clean about his time with the Yankees in a new tell-all book. In what should surprise…

As another all-Star game comes to us, I have seen many other bloggers saying things like “Oh man, it’s so…

Thank goodness for this. I would hate for a young man, the son of mere multi-millionaires, to have to pay…

Squawker Jon and I were just talking on the phone about “The Yankee Years,” Joe Torre’s tell-all book, and trying…

OK, so this is a small snippet from Steve Simmons’ article today in the Toronto Sun. May or may not…

We’re gonna miss you, Sean Casey. We will miss the inevitability of a hit when you came to the plate….

Could this be a precursor to the draft? If anyone watched the Senior Bowl last night, you probably weren’t impressed…

Seriously, who steals a dog? I mean, aside from criminals in Mark Trail. The Twins continue their pursuit of Joe…

Ever hear that old baseball adage about how “what happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse”? Apparently Joe Torre…

For the second time this offseason you have a chance to bowl with Manny Delcarmen to support Boston Public Schools….

Hello Cougar Nation, Longball here! Did anyone miss me? Does anyone even remember me? I can’t blame you if your…

There’s been enough preamble to this post that I shouldn’t have to explain why it’s necessary. Let me explain one…

David Borges of the New Haven Register and Mike Anthony of the Hartford Courant have some postgame notes from the…

Perhaps the most perplexing, yet enticing prospect in the Sox system, Bubba Bell is at the stage in his career where performance is everything. There is no projection left. Always known as a hitter with above-average skills all-around, he no longer can point to this fact, and must produce or he’ll remain a career minor leaguer until he’s finally forced to retire. After a breakout season in the wind-tunnel, otherwise known as High-A Lancaster, Bell had many scouts wondering if he had made the necessary adjustments to become a major league regular. But even then, his ultimate ceiling was in question.

He had always been known to have solid, yet unspectacular tools all around. He makes excellent contact, has decent power, solid plate discipline, a tick above average speed, a good glove with decent range, and a plus arm. He can play all outfield positions well, but profiles more as a right fielder because of his stocky build. With his strong work ethic, fundamentally balanced swing, and contact rate, there isn’t much doubt that he could at least serve as an adequate fourth outfielder. So what remains as Bubba’s biggest stepping stone to the major leagues?