The gloves have come off a bit in the Senate race.  Steve Pagliuca held a presser yesterday in which he went after Martha Coakley and Mike Capuano by name over their positions that, on final passage, they would vote "no" on the House's health care bi...

Daniel Shoptaw, the man behind the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, is posting short Q&As of BBA members. Here's mine.One thought: this blog is a clear descendant of the sports pages I created on my parents' electric typewriter roughly 35 years ago. Also, ...

I was in Target the other day and walked by this Star Trek Blu-ray disk. It was on an end cap. The perfect position for an impulse buy.I've got a Panasonic Blu-ray player that I got as part of the Panasonic Living in HD program, but haven't watched that...

The Globe has some fundraising numbers for the home stretch.  The second column refers to the amount raised over the last 7 weeks, not the total amount raised. Candidate -- $ Raised -- $ on hand Coakley -- $1.9 million -- $1.9 million Capuano -- $1.8...

Here's a fun exercise to kill some time at work today before the weekend: Create a team out of the free agents on the market. Now that the free agents are able to negotiate with any team out there, theoretically... ...

Tell us what you think! Each week we'll be polling your the readers with a new question in the sidebar... As of midnight last night, Jason Bay is officially a free agent, so this week we want to know what you think Bay is worth. The Red Sox have already ...

Tell us what you think! Each week we'll be polling your the readers with a new question in the sidebar... As of midnight last night, Jason Bay is officially a free agent, so this week we want to know what you think Bay is worth. The Red Sox have alread...

When I saw Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) on Fox News Sunday explaining why the trial was a good idea, his logic went much like this, and my thought pattern mirrored Krauthammer’s below: So why is Attorney General Eric Holder doing this? Ostensibly, to demon...

Outraged Liberal is all over the brewing battle between the governor and lawmakers. ... They don't trust the governor to make non-executive-branch cuts? What types of cuts? OL has three examples. ......

MLB Trade Rumors - Angels not interested in Holliday, Bay an option WEEI Full Count - Ortiz says Sox needed a 30 HR guy LAST year. “I say that like a year ago and everybody looked at me like I was a (expletive) clown. I say, ‘We need another 30 hom...

MLB Trade Rumors - Angels not interested in Holliday, Bay an option WEEI Full Count - Ortiz says Sox needed a 30 HR guy LAST year. “I say that like a year ago and everybody looked at me like I was a (expletive) clown. I say, ‘We need another 3...

Time is short this morning - jury duty continues - so I'm simply going to give you the press release direct from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with all the plans for next summer's Tanglewood season, including the return of Seiji Ozawa, the jazz f...

Jason Bay has rejected the Sox' initial offer of four years at 60 million bucks. My question for you this morning is what's the highest amount you'd want to see the front office pay to keep his 36 home runs, 119 RBIs, 162 strikeouts and .384 OBP (all 2009...

According to the manager himself, Terry Francona always tells Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein to get a pitcher. Get me dat pitchah. I need dat pitchah. Sure. That sounds simple enough. But have you seen the free agent market? It's kind of ugly. Plus,...

Hey political junkie. Yeah you. Bored by the lack of real action in the Senate race? Well, I've got the cure for your blues.That initial skirmish between Deval Patrick and House Speaker Robert DeLeo is starting to really percolate. And no, not over why la...

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated has reported that Boston Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay has declined the Boston Red Sox offer and will test the free agency waters. Here is part of his piece, with my thanks...***Star free agent outfielder Jason Bay has decl...

Your #1 Prospect: Casey Kelly (via snapshots.mlblogs.com) View full size photo » Throwing this up a bit early. I have fa...

View of the corner of Charles Street and Mt. Vernon Street. Other Skywatch Friday photos can be viewed here....

You know what? I just realized that I've never been to the ballet. I've been to musicals, plays, operas, the symphony. Just about everything you could think of. But I've never been to the ballet. I was just reminded of that when I got this email abou...