A little over 4 years ago, when I first told my dad that he was going to be a granddaddy to a little boy, I had a hard time holding back tears. I think he did too. Moments later he went upstairs to the attic and came down with a little piece of my childhood. He appeared a few minutes later holding an old baseball glove - that he had been storing - from my high school baseball playing days. A 30
Each Monday at 4pm Levack and I recap the weekend in a segment called "Monday Mirages". Does it having lasting power, or is it just a one week mirage? This week we hit the first week post All Star Break in Major League Baseball. The Yankees started their second half of the season with a matchup against their rival Boston Red Sox...
Jose Bautista is still looking for a home for next season, and it's starting to look like he's willing to take a deal that would be for fewer years. Also, include the fact that some of the biggest bats in free agency have already signed with teams such as Edwin Encarnacion signing with the Cleveland Indians and Yoenis Cespedes returning to the New York Mets.
The Red Sox went from worst to first...but then were swept in the ALDS by the Indians. Was the season a success? Is David Ortiz the greatest Red Sox player of all time? Who better to answer these questions than Gordon Edes, who covered the Sox for two decades and now serves as the teams historian...
There are few voices in the baseball world that command the respect than that of ESPN analyst, Tim Kurkjian. Amidst the chaos that is the MLB playoffs, Kurkjian joined Big Board Sports and shared his takes on the Mets season, the Red Sox match up with the Indians, Buck Showalter's managerial blunder, and much more...
Former MLB manager and current ESPN analyst, Jim Bowden, stopped by Big Board Sports and pulled no punches. He discussed Buck Showalter mismanaging Baltimore in the wild Card round, and broke down the Mets and Red Sox chances in these playoffs...