I CAN’T BELIEVE…I’VE GOT MORE ON HERMIDAChristina Kahrl of Baseball Prospectus made two very good points on the Hermida trade. The first is that the newly acquired outfielder has options remaining. Hence, Hermida can be the Sox expensive fifth out...

My Google Calendar of recommended events and happenings around Boston has a new spot on sooz.com. You can also subscribe to it if you use Gmail. The calendar includes my picks for Boston concerts, networking events, tech events and other interesting hap...

8 oz cans of Polar Seltzer are now available!Sent via BlackBerry by AT&THelp support my 2009 Boston Marathon Charity: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. Visit www.firstgiving.com/got2trotlibrarian to make a donation....

More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP about 1 month ago: Boston Red Sox' Alex Gonzalez, center, c...

The Red Sox have declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, according to a source, but the club still may have interest in bringing the player back in 2010 on a lesser salary. News of the Sox? decision... ...

Doing a Sunday linkage thing for you today. Let’s get to the links now. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that the Versus-DirecTV dispute remains at an impasse, but talks could get jump started soon. Mike reports that Setanta Sports US has s...

Today is Jerry Remy's birthday. Accordingly, we will don our celebratory Remy masks, drink only the finest of malt liquors, re-read our copies of the Dawg's "Watching Baseball," and sit alongside a lifesize cardboard cutout of Orsillo. Headphones, as alwa...

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According to the roll call of yesterday's crucial vote, thirty nine "Democrats" voted "no". All Republicans (save one, Cao of La) voted "no". In the thirty six years that I have been eligible to vote, there has not been a vote that more starkly contrasts ...

We'd read on the Herb Lyceum's website to expect a magical night. And as four of us arrived on a chilly Saturday evening to a restored barn from the early 1900s, decorated with antiques, and three long tables set with candles, we could tell this promise w...

Quote form Curt Schilling on WEEI: "Oh, let's all cheer up because A-Rod's come full circle now. He's got his ring, he's complete, blah, blah, blah, whatever. Listen, they’re used to it, and they have to accept the fact that no one outside New York is ...

The screw-ups just keep on coming for the Patrick administration.One day after the double whammy of stories that suggest the administration seems to favor the Patriots over the homeless we are treated to a Globe story that shows the one thing the state's ...

The business section of www.nytimes.com ran an article on October 30 titled, "Mass. Dem. Senate Hopefuls Differ on Casino Gaming". Here is how the article characterized their positions: Capuano: Supports. Large social costs must be figured into financia...

Hey guys, I figure someone on here would know. If I buy a Xbox 360 game in America will it play on my Xbox here in Europe?...

Hub Blog is of two minds about the health-care bill passed last night: 1.). I like the move toward universal health 2.) This is a deeply flawed bill. Seriously, how many House members do you think read the entire 1,990-page bill before last night’s vote...

Well, the Sunday baseball news, so to speak, took a little time for me to find, but I managed to search it out. Let's start with the Boston Red Sox, my team. They are sure to try and acquire the services of San Diego first baseman slugger Adrian Gonzalez....

Farmer's Market on the plaza in front of South Station noontime. Here is a shot I took of the farmer's market a few weeks ago at the end of the day....

It may be a mess, but it's a very careful mess. A lot of work went into making it look like that. ... I wanted to write something that would make somebody say, "Holy, shit, I've got to read this," and then seduce them into doing a certain amount of work.T...

Took my mom to Fenway, and we hoped to see the start of a comeback from a 2-0 ALDS deficit.As per tradition, I took a pic of the logo on the field behind the plate.In the seats behind home plate--this thing. I wondered if it was the unit that runs the sco...

Took my mom to Fenway, and we hoped to see the start of a comeback from a 2-0 ALDS deficit.As per tradition, I took a pic of the logo on the field behind the plate.In the seats behind home plate--this thing. I wondered if it was the unit that runs the sco...