Forget the Yanks payroll. Take a look at the ages of their starters. Cashman has major decisions ahead. ... I wouldn't mind Damon coming back, if Bay heads to NYC. But any Damon deal would involve Scott Boras and a possible four-year contract demand, and ...

John Ellis has his own concise analysis of Tuesday’s elections. Not sure about Republicans retaking Congress. But he’s right about the political winds: Assuming the GOP can adopt a very simple platform -- spend less money, create more wealth -- they c...

Following up on the last point in the post below, here's the Washington Times' take on last night: "The independent voters who powered President Obama and Democrats to victory in 2008 fled to Republicans in Tuesday's elections ..." Virginia's Robert F. Mc...

Following up on the last point in the post below, here's the Washington Times' take on last night: "The independent voters who powered President Obama and Democrats to victory in 2008 fled to Republicans in Tuesday's elections ..." Virginia's Robert F. Mc...

Ha! So it’s back to the strategy drawing boards for movement conservatives. … I also get to bravely drift back to the Old CW, hopefully without anyone noticing. … OK, so it was a good night for Republicans. But it wasn’t a good night for movement-...

Ha! So it’s back to the strategy drawing boards for movement conservatives. … I also get to bravely drift back to the Old CW, hopefully without anyone noticing. … OK, so it was a good night for Republicans. But it wasn’t a good night for movement-...

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t describe a 15-point drubbing as a ‘fierce’ and ‘fiercest challenge yet’ to the mayor. … Hey, if they’re now going to start comparing Menino to Chicago’s Richard Daley, then required reading for Bost...

Darren Garnick has recently started Tacky Tourist Photos. As curator, he sends in a link to one of his Hub favorites, with the note: "Think the frozen Ted Williams gets disrespect?" ... Submission guidelines for Tacky Tourist Photos can be found here. Lim...

I hope there’s a big turnout today. … No bold winner-loser prediction today. Instead, we’ll go with percentages: Menino, 57 percent; Floon, 43 percent. … The bold percentage prediction would have been Menino coming in below 55 percent. But it does...

OK, I'm harping too much on the subject. But Mickey makes a good point about the changing CW surrounding the NY 23rd race, now that it look like Hoffman could win tonight:Old CW: Sure, Scozzafava is a moderate Republican but that’s what her constituents...

Many of you may have already heard about the WaPo newsroom fistfight. But what caught my attention was the updated response from the editor involved:In the old days, said the 68-year-old, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, the press wouldn't have been so shoc...

Jon makes a nice catch: Jim Aloisi’s departure letter to Gov. Patrick. It’s … it’s … it’s interesting. The temptation to count the number of times he used the word “I” was almost overwhelming. … He was right about one thing: The “super...

Plenty more moderate Republicans to knock off here. ... They'll do it too. ... Conservatives are patting themselves on the back, saying Scozzafava's endorsement of a Dem proves them right. But others, like yours truly, would argue they're driving Northeas...

So national conservatives forced out Dede Scozzafava from the NY race. What other Republicans can they knock off in the increasingly blue Northeast? Charlie Baker? Christy Mihos? They both favor gay and abortion rights too, right? …A couple of depressed...

Michael Flaherty has indeed run a solid campaign and deserves credit for making the mayoral race competitive this year. He’ll likely lose to Menino on Tuesday. But I’m hoping it’s in the single digits so it sends the mayor a message that things aren...

Joan digs deeper into the curse of the AG and comes up with more logical reasons why they’re such political losers in Massachusetts. Reader A also had a logical explanation for their losing pattern here. … I half agree with Reader A that NY voters see...

No suspension. Smart move. Glenn already knows what he did was wrong -- and stupid....

Hats off to Patrick for taking an axe to hack holidays and the Quinn bill. ... Their elimination or reduction won't balance the budget. But it is important to show that lawmakers are serious about boosting government productivity and efficiecy, amid tax i...

Sometimes you just have to reduce Wall Street to a fairy tale to make it comprehensible. … Here’s another children’s tale about Washington that probably won’t have a good ending either. …For what it’s worth, I count myself among the nation’s...

The LAT’s Bill Plaschke rips into Boston’s very own Frank and Jamie McCourt, as their pending divorce gets more surreal. … Thank goodness they didn’t buy the Sox. …Hub Blog has my own McCourt stories. Story #1: A BBJ colleague and I were once su...