The Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) will once again be offering The Emerald Guide to Baseball as a free searchable PDF available for download on the SABR Website starting today.  The 2010 Guide is 580+ pages of every type of baseball information a fan could ever want (and it’s free!).
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In an article on the Boston Herald website, Herald writer Ron Borges makes himself look foolish.  In his article, he criticizes Red Sox GM for building the 2010 Red Sox by taking advantage of market inefficiencies  and focusing on pitching and defense rather than the three-run-home-run teams of the past.   Borges states:
“If an array of [...]

This post has nothing to do with Philadelphia, the Phillies or “It’s Always Sunny” even…  What it does have a lot to do with is the Oakland A’s and their decision to sign Ben Sheets. The name of this post — like the signing of Sheets — isn’t what it seems.  The A’s spending $10 [...]

The Boston Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research held its annual Hot Stove Winter Meeting on Monday one block from Fenway Park at The Baseball Tavern.  This year, the line up of presenters was once again, impressive to say the least.
Presenters included:

Bill Monbouquette: Former Red Sox pitcher who was with Boston from 1958-1965.
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Fernando [...]

According to ESPN.com, the New York Yankees have acquired RHP Javier Vazquez and RHP Boone Logan from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for OF Melky Cabrera, and LHP Mike Dunn and $500,000.  Vazquez, who has not been the same pitcher in the American League as he has in the National League, is coming off a [...]

Jacoby Ellsbury was named the Defensive Player of the Year in the 2009 MLB.com This Year In Baseball awards.  According to a posting on the MLB.com website, more than 12 million votes were cast by fans across the globe, producing another record-breaking total.   Ellsbury, who won by a landslide, earned 34.6 percent of the vote, [...]

The Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America will honor Bill James, a  senior advisor with the Boston Red Sox, with the Judge Emil Fuchs Memorial Award.  Judge Emil Fuchs was the owner of the Boston Braves from 1923 to 1935 and his family maintains the Fuchs Award, which is presented in his [...]

The Boston Red Sox are reportedly in the process of trading third baseman Mike Lowell to the Texas Rangers for catcher Max Ramirez.  Although the trade has yet to be finalized and is still being worked through, the rumor is that Boston will pay roughly $8-9 million of Lowell’s salary for the 2010 season.  Last [...]

Bloomberg L.P., the financial software product producer with over 280,000 customers and billions in revenue is divining into the niche market of peer-evaluation software for baseball teams with its spin off in the Major League Baseball market.  With nearly a quarter century of managing huge amounts of financial data for managing risks and trends in [...]

Former Boston Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews will retire at the end of the year after more than 30 years as the Chairman of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund.  Under the direction of Anderws, the Jimmy Fund has grown from raising $1 million dollars on an annual basis to over $64 million [...]