In Part 2 of The Boston Red Thoughts , All Fenway Team, (you can look at Part 1 here…)we look at 3rd, Short, and the Outfield… Oh, how I wish I could say Bill Mueller or Mike Lowell, two of my favorite Red Sox players, and with them, the Sox would not ha

Chris Jaffe of the Hardball Times sent me an interesting blog post this morning about a very special event in Florida Marlins history: it turns out today is the ten-year anniversary of Jeffrey Loria's Marlins ownership. 10 years ago today, Jeff Loria off

Everyone wants to make a name for themselves during the course of their lives, creating some kind of legacy that at least friends and family will remember them by. Baseball players are in the public eye and leave much bigger legacies than regular schmuck

As he prepares for his fifth Super Bowl start, it's clear Tom Brady made the right choice by picking football over baseball. One of the great myths about the NFL is that the salary cap affords the league much better competitive balance than is possible i

Every GM has a “the one that got away” story if they’ve been on the job long enough, and Mike Lowell is that guy for Brian Cashman. It was the 1998-1999 offseason and the Yankees had just won 114 games and their second World Championship in three years,

In about a month, the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera, the Marlins' Hanley Ramirez and the Angels' Mark Trumbo will arrive for Spring Training and take grounders at third base, moves their clubs are making to keep their big bats productive and active. If you're s

On Thursday night, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria received some national attention after being nearly knocked over by Miami Heat superstar Lebron James. The video which has gone viral shows James holding Loria up from falling over as Marv Albert on the TNT

Whenever a team makes a trade involving a young prospect, there’s always a fear he’ll wind up becoming a superstar. Considering the potential of Jesus Montero, that concern had to be foremost on Brian Cashman’s mind as he agreed to send the young hitter

The Florida Marlins are no more. Long live the Miami Marlins. As a commemoration this offseason, We've put together an All-Time Top 50 List of players in Florida Marlins history. The list was calculated based on each player's "Wins Above Replacement" sta

Here we come to yet another edition of the Marlins Team voting. This time, we arrive at the voting for the shortstop position. The Marlins have had surprisingly few shortstops over the course of their career; not counting five PA by the incomparable Eddi

According to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Red Sox have signed former Colorado Rockies ace right-hander Aaron Cook to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Should he make the big league roster, Cook stands to earn a prorated $1

Mike Lowell regularly used to slam his batting helmet to the ground on close calls at first base. Josh Beckett fired his glove off the dugout wall plenty of times. Kevin Brown and Alex Fernandez did their share of bat-wield

With their Opening Day needs already met, Cole Hamels’ dangling future is the only item left on the Phillies’ offseason agenda. The stud southpaw reaches free agency after 2012, and if his performance next year is anything like his 2011 output, the 28-ye

It's always tough reading that a player you like has been traded—particularly if that player has acquired that coveted "binky" status. (You may substitute "wooby" or other assorted name of your choice.) There's nothing rational about rooting for a binky—

Signing an unknown designated hitter named David Ortiz in 2003, trading for a 32-year-old utility outfielder named Dave Roberts in 2004, taking on Mike Lowell's salary as a throw-in in the Josh Beckett deal in 2006...it's not always the headline grabbing

Marlins executive Larry Beinfest was seated toward the back of a large ballroom at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas last Thursday, waiting for the start of the Rule 5 Draft — a scavenger hunt of sorts and the traditional last item on the agenda at baseball’s

Last week's Jose Reyes signing to the Miami Marlins has created a lot of drama between the Marlins and former shortstop—now "third baseman"—Hanley Ramirez. There are contradicting reports over whether Ramirez has actually agreed to play third base in Mia

The winter meetings are fully underway, and teams across both leagues are making significant free agent splashes. Perhaps the biggest story, the Miami Marlins are buying players like an American League East team as they prepare for life at a new stadium.

DALLAS — Albert Pujols will get a huge contract, there's no doubt. But the team that will sign the three-time NL MVP remains unclear. Will it be St. Louis, the team he's helped to two World Series titles in six seasons? The new-look Miami Marlins, whose