Tag: boston red sox
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Next Stop: The Ballpark
By: Bill Coleman When Major League Baseball Players Skip the Luxury Car and Take the Train! Professional baseball players are often associated with luxury SUVs, chauffeured town cars and gated communities. Yet throughout Major League Baseball history, a surprising number of stars have preferred something much more ordinary: public transportation. Whether it’s the New York…
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Did Boston’s Greatest Baseball Miracle Get a Little Help From Some Cambridge Nerds?
By Bill Coleman The MIT Conspiracy The following story is fictional. To date, no evidence exists that the Boston Red Sox hacked another team’s communication system, employed MIT graduates to steal pitch signs or did anything improper during their 2026 winning streak. There are hot streaks. There are unbelievable hot streaks. And then there is…
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Where have you gone, Jackie Jensen? A city no longer turned its lonely eyes to you…
By Bill Coleman The Reluctant Star of the Red Sox My mother grew up near Fenway Park in Boston. Back in the day, they would open the gates after the 7th inning stretch so kids could come in and watch the end of the games. So my mom would run over and sit in the…
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Money is Everything
Back in late November, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner stated his preference for lowering his team’s overall payroll for the upcoming 2026 season. There was a lot to take from this interview but for the purposes of this post we will ignore what Steinbrenner talked about in terms of the Yankees and will focus…
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The Death of Sign Stealing – Part 1
Another aspect of MLB meddling in the fundamentals of the game, which has led to the …… dehumanization, standardization, homogenization, and over-regulation of baseball has been the introduction of Pitchcom. For those of you not aware of Pitchcom here is a bit of history: PitchCom is a wireless communication system used in baseball that lets…
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Robert Redford
We recently posted about The Natural, one of our favorite films. Sadly, shortly thereafter this posting the star of that film Robert Redford passed away on September 16th at the age of 89. Due to Mr. Redford starring in this most classic of baseball films there sprung up rumors over the years that he had…
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Yellow Uniforms Revisited
Recently we posted about the god awful yellow uniforms that the Boston Red Sox wear as part of MLB’s city connect series. We noted there were references online about how popular these bright yellow jerseys were with the fans. “Ok, we get it. People like the yellow”. “Given the popularity of our yellow uniforms with…