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— Our Blogs and Nothing But Our Blogs Sox Therapy: 2020 VisionWith the Bruins loss on Saturday night the Sox are no longer the last Boston team to lose a home game in regulation. With that shame no longer attached and the Winter Meetings underway it is time to look ahead to 2020 with a first look at the Opening Day roster as it currently exists; 1B - Michael Chavis Jose Goes to Absurd Lengths for 50K
Posted: December 08, 2019 at 05:20 PM | 26 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2020IMPORTANT: Please read: This election should follow BBWAA rules, not Hall of Merit rules. However, we hope to see only players that each voter feels belong on their ballots. Leaving 1st-year candidates off your ballot is also frowned upon. IOW, we would like to see an absence of some of the silliness that permeates Hall of Fame voting by the writers. The election will end on Thursday, December 12, 2019 (1 PM EST). Results will be posted a short time later. Please don’t post any vote ... Read More...Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2019 ResultsCongratulations to 2019 Most Meritorious Player Alex Bregman! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Alex Bregman 114 8 4 Mike Trout 108 8 1 Cody Bellinger 106 8 2 Marcus Semien 92 8 1 Christian Yelich 73 8 0 Anthony Rendon 66 8 0 Justin Verlander 62 8 0 Gerrit Cole 61 7 0 Ketel Marte 44 6 0 Mookie Betts 37 7 0 Jacob deGrom 36 5 0 Stephen Strasburg 19 4 0 DJ LeMahieu 19 3 0 Zack Greinke 16 3 0 George Springer 13 5 0 Max Scherzer 13 2 0 Lance Lynn 12 2 0 Matt Chapman 11 4 0 Mike Minor 11 2 0 Xander ...Read More... Jim's Lab Notes: Sorry about the Downtime TodaySorry about the downtime. I had some long overdue server updates to take care of today. The one you’ll notice is the site is now running in secure/https mode, so you’ll stop getting error messages when you visit the site using Google Chrome. Let me know if you notice anything wonky. Sox Therapy: Thankful for an Amazing DecadeIt seems to be a thing to pick an All-Decade team these days and with Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, upon us it’s a good way to express our thanks for this amazing decade where the Boston Red Sox won as many World Series titles as the rest of the American League combined. So, just a bit of fun for your reading pleasure or to be ignored. No refunds will be issued. 1B - Mike Napoli First base has been a bit of a rotating ... Read More...Jose Goes to Absurd Lengths for 50K
Posted: November 27, 2019 at 08:52 PM | 16 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1922 DiscussionThe US Supreme Court declared that baseball games are not interstate commerce and are exempt from anti-trust laws. Babe Ruth was suspended for illegal barnstorming until May 20. The Giants beat the Yankees in 5 games where one was declared a tie (4-0-1). All World Series games are played at the Polo Grounds. The Chicago American Giants and Indianapolis ABCs are the top teams in the Negro National League. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Rogers Hornsby 47.2 10.0 Ken ...Read More... Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2019 BallotHere are the specific rules for this election: Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ... Read More...Sox Therapy: Gumbo Limbo, Mookie Betts and “Not My Money”Let’s get the part where you all hate me out of the way. While the Boston area freezes its collective caboose off I’m down in Naples, FL sitting on the lanai with a cigar, a Guinness and some nachos looking at nearly clear blue skies. I tell you this not to make you feel jealous (well, not “only” that) but for reasons I hope to make apparent. Of course this is the Off-Season of Mookie and everything has to do with Mookie. As a practical matter the Sox can do three things this ... Read More...Jose Goes to Absurd Lengths for 50K
Posted: November 16, 2019 at 03:37 PM | 100 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Mock 2020 Modern Baseball BallotCandidates Dwight Evans See full descriptions here Vote for zero to four candidates Voting will end Friday 11/15/2019 at 2pm EDT. To make tallying easier please vote in the order above (alphabetical). Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1921 ResultsCongratulations to Babe Ruth on his unanimous selection as the 1921 Most Meritorious Player! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Babe Ruth 105 7 7 Rogers Hornsby 96 7 0 Red Faber 83 7 0 Bullet Rogan 67 6 0 Oscar Charleston 63 6 0 Burleigh Grimes 47 6 0 Frankie Frisch 37 4 0 Ty Cobb 36 4 0 Carl Mays 33 4 0 Dave Bancroft 32 4 0 Alejandro Oms 32 3 0 Harry Heilmann 29 3 0 Dave Brown 14 1 0 Dobie Moore 11 1 0 Urban Shocker 10 1 0 Dick Whitworth 8 1 0 Joe Williams 7 1 0 Tris Speaker 7 1 0 George ...Read More... Page 1 of 164 pages 1 2 3 > Last › | Features Archive | Site Archive
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