Catcher: Mike Scioscia (Mr. Burns' initial pick: Gabby Street) "At 33, Mike Scioscia is entering his 12th season as the Dodgers' starting catcher. Last year, he played in only 119 games, his lowest total in seven seasons. Also, more and more clubs are ta

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

It ended with Tom Brunansky making the most sensational Sox catch since Dwight Evans’ Game 6 grab in the ‘75 World Series. It ended with Wade Boggs, near tears, raising his arms over his head and screaming “Be-lieve” to the hysterical masses applauding b

This was not only a nice achievement for him, but it was also a remarkable achievement for his best team, the 1940 Reds. That

Getting spurned by big name free agents isn’t a familiar feeling for Yankees fans, which is why the Cliff Lee decision last winter was so disappointing. We’d grown accustomed to the Yankees just getting whoever they wanted, and that was a shock to the sy

Getting spurned by big name free agents isn’t a familiar feeling for Yankees fans, which is why the Cliff Lee decision last winter was so disappointing. We’d grown accustomed to the Yankees just getting whoever they wanted, and that was a shock to the sy

My first professional sale was to the literary baseball quarterly Elysian Fields. In 2007, I wrote about a foul ball my father caught a few inches from my face during a Double-A Cocoa Astros game. It was the sort of essay I could never have written when

By Paul Post Special to The Record MILTON — The Frolish family knows all about teamwork. That’s how they’ve been able — with the help of family and friends — to raise thousands of dollars in the fight against muscular dystrophy, a disease that afflicts t

The International League announced today that PawSox President Mike Tamburro, along with former Columbus & Durham pitcher Dave Eiland, and former Durham manager Bill Evers will be inducted into the circuit's Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2012.

Prince Fielder is off the board, Yu Darvish is now America-bound. Pipe dreams like Cody Ross, and the possibility for an Andruw Jones return are both gone too. Needless to say, in regards to free agency, there's hardly anyone left at all, that's remotely

It's no hyperbole to say Prince Fielder's nine-year, $214 million deal with the Tigers shocked the baseball world. The Tigers certainly weren’t on the list of likely suitors given their sizable commitment to the sizable player occupying his position: Mig

On the surface, contact is an easy thing to define, but when we are looking for the best contact, we want the player who hits the ball and who 'hits it where they ain’t'. Marco Scutaro might not swing and miss ever, but he doesn’t drive the ball the way

NEW YORK -- Jorge Posada was watching television when he saw speculation on which teams were interested in signing him as a free agent. 'They put my face on different uniforms," he said. 'And it didn't look good." He began a Yankee and ended as a Yankee,

RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer | FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, New York Yankees' Jorge Posada reacts after hitting a home run during the eighth inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship baseball series against the Los Angeles Angels,

NEW YORK -- Jorge Posada was watching television when he saw speculation on which teams were interested in signing him as a free agent. "They put my face on different uniforms," he said. "And it didn't look good." He began a Yankee and ended as a Yankee,

I can guarantee that as soon as you read the name Mark Wohlers in the title of this post, you thought back to one thing: Jim Leyritz and Game Four of the 1996 World Series. The Yankees were down 6-3 in the game and 2-1 in the series when Leyritz’s three-

Every player in baseball has some kind of superstition. Whether it was Mickey Mantle and his burnt eggs, or Jorge Posada and the peeing on his hands…thing, and my personal favorite is Wade Boggs writing the Hebrew word “Chai” in the batters box before ev

There was a time, earlier in my career, when voting on the Hall of Fame was a clean, clearly defined exercise, allowing me to honor the careers of can’t-miss candidates like Wade Boggs and Eddie Murray, while taking up the... more » The owners are asking

On June 24, 2011, Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre celebrated the 13th anniversary of his first Major League ballgame by going 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a home run and two RBIs in the Rangers' 8-1 victory over the Mets. Beltre was 32 years and 78