Red Sox may have a dynasty in the making (USA Today)
If general manager Theo Epstein has his way, the Boston baseball machine won't stop at two World Series championships since 2004. The 2007 team's mix of young, homegrown talent and veterans who can handle the pressures of playing in Boston will be the new model for Red Sox teams to come....more...Break on Ortiz's mind: He needs one, Rockies didn't (Boston Globe)
DENVER - David Ortiz , who walked over to the Rockies' dugout after the Red Sox won the World Series Sunday night to embrace pitcher LaTroy Hawkins - his friend since they were teammates on the Twins - said the Rockies were penalized by winning the National League pennant in a sweep and having more than a week off before ......more... Television movies for the week of Oct. 28 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
A list of movies on TV for the week....more... Clutch on the field, beloved off it, either way, Ortiz shines (Rocky Mountain News)
It took a matter of days for Mike Lowell to realize the magnitude of David Ortiz in Boston, the utter adoration Red Sox fans have for the player they have come to revere as "Big Papi."...more... Mind Games: What Makes a Great Baseball Player Great (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
It's no secret that Major League Baseball players can hit, catch and throw far better than the rest of us, but these abilities don't just come from their above-average physical prowess. As Yogi Berra once infamously said, "Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical."...more... Fenway a supporting player in Sox's run to World Series (USA Today)
Almost everywhere else, they build new ballparks and fields and arenas as fast as they can either sweet-talk or threaten the local taxpayers enough to let them. Even Yankee Stadium is coming down soon....more... Urban: Series, Manny and, yes, more Yankees (The San Francisco Examiner)
Baseball?s playoffs are interfering with our pre-Halloween parties, for crying out loud. So what can be done to right this wrong? Easy. Go back to a 154-game season and schedule a minimum of 10 doubleheaders for each club....more... Urban: Series, Manny and, yes, more Yankees (The San Francisco Examiner)
While pondering what sort of phony theatrics Curt Schilling has in mind for Game 2 of the Fall Classic, let's stick and move a little ......more... Mr. October is born (Orlando Sentinel)
30 years ago tonight, you had to be there You recall these three-decade-old details quite matter-of-factly: Oct. 18, 1977. Yankee Stadium in New York. World Series Game 6. Yankees leading the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 2. Reggie Jackson, in his first World Series as a Yankee, delivers three home runs and ties Babe Ruth's half-century-old record. Yankees win, 8-4, for their 21st World ......more... |