While it is so pleasing to Boston Red Sox fans to see the versatile Bill Mueller win the American League batting championship, his backing into the batting crown by staying out of the Boston lineup is reminiscent of Detroit Tigers third baseman George Kell’s ducking the final game of the 1949 season to edge Ted… Continue reading

Good-bye to Murderer’s Row: “Murderers Row never looked so meek. In one of the most stunning achievements in their record-setting display of power and depth, the Red Sox yesterday capped a memorable regular season by breaking the major league record for slugging percentage set by the legendary 1927 Yankees of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.”… Continue reading

One sign of the evolving political times in Massachusetts came this week with the revelation that Raynham/Tunton Dogtrack is losing a choice state political plum its has enjoyed for the past year. Raynham’s George Carney who has been wired tightly to State House political leaders for four decades, was jolted by State Treasurer Tim Cahill’s… Continue reading

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft certainly has proved to be the tough, stand-up prosecutor the liberal left—ACLU, New York Times, Boston Globe and many Democratic Party politicians—knew he would be when they mounted that all-out drive to block his confirmation after President Bush named him to his Cabinet. Their on going assault on him has… Continue reading

More trouble for Real Networks. According to Rafat Ali’s latest e-letter: “…brain drain at the company: during the last 10 months of this year, almost 12-15 senior level execs. have left the company, some starting their own ventures and some joining other companies. Of course, it is not unusual for a person like Rob Glaser… Continue reading