Bill Veeck

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Shakespeare and Spring training: “a tale…signifiying nothing.”

William Shakespeare provides the most elegant description of Spring training in Macbeth: “…it is a tale…Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” Except to serve as a happy…Read More

Taking back the Red Sox: FULL TEXT…Parts 1 through 6

    Who kidnapped our Red Sox?  The Owner? CEO? GM? Manager? Players? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take…Read More

Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 6: Fans Buy the Red Sox

[Ed. Note:  We have attempted to make the case that the current owner, CEO, GM, manager, and players are ruining the Boston Red Sox.  Now, in the last of the 6-part series, we propose a solution.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We…Read More

Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 5: Blame the PLAYERS

  We ask for a FIFTH time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, YET, ONCE AGAIN! A: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take…Read More

Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 4: Blame the Manager

We ask for a FOURTH time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, ONCE AGAIN! A: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team…Read More

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Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 3: Blame the General Manager

We ask for a THIRD time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, yet…Read More

Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 2: Blame the CEO

We ask for a second time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger,…Read More

Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 1: Blame the Owner

Who kidnapped our Red Sox? Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger: ALL of the above! And it’s…Read More

Ben’s Gaping “Ace” hole…Show them your “package”–Get “King Felix”

  It took a cogent comment by a loyal reader to identify the exact location of the problem in the…Read More

Will Sox Pay a King’s Ransom for Felix Hernandez?

  The Red Sox should trade Lester and Ellsbury for “King” Felix Hernandez; so says the Globe’s…Read More