OK this isn’t about pink hats, per se. But there’s hats in it for sure, so bear with us.
Andre Dawson, who will be entering the Hall of Fame this year, is a die-hard Cub.  Dawson played for the Chicago Cubs from 1987-1992, winning an MVP trophy even though the team was in the cellar that [...]

Top of the morning to you, readers.
While we were gone, planning lessons for 90 fifth graders (The Sports Chick’s a teacher, in case you didn’t know….if only blogging paid bills!), Jacoby Ellsbury did something quick.
In fact, by stealing his fifty fifth base of the season, he set a single season record for the storied Boston [...]

Stephen Strasburg is now posessed of more money than he will ever, ever need.  He’s got a 5 year, fifteen million dollar deal, totally blowing away the previous highwater mark for contracts given to clients of Scott Boras–or to anyone else, of course.
The Nationals finally have the One Guy, the franchise face that they’ve been [...]

We can only go so long without a little baseball analysis, so here’s our take on all the post-trade-deadline deals MLB has seen recently.  Either we’re playing better attention, or there’s more going on this year post-deadline, and some of it might make a difference….
Alex Gonzalez to the Red Sox
The struggling Sox’ current best defensive [...]

Well, the All-Star break is over–long over, if you’re a team like the Red Sox, whose momentum has suddenly shifted.  Races are heating up almost universally, and it’s time to start talking playoffs. There is, after all, only one October.