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Boston Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino introduced a new game to the Kirkland House speaking circuit last night: Hot Potato...
...classmates blew off steam in exotic locales—my studying wasn’t of that conventional academic type. What I devoted much of the precious break to was preparing for my annual Rotisserie baseball draft, an event that I had been anticipating ever since the Chicago White Sox nailed down the last out in their shocking championship run last October, ushering in the cold, depressing vacuum of four months without baseball...
...that’s what I got. But, strangely enough, it was equal parts terrifying and refreshing.The journey started inauspiciously enough. After a layover in a bus terminal—during which I was only able to play a game of “I Spy Boston Red Sox Paraphernalia” with myself—I arrived at my destination. During my first steps on campus, I was feeling much like Monica Lewinsky after she debuted her new handbag collection—namely, excited and scared.When I got to the auditorium (which I was gleefully told was upholstered...
...panel featured reputed agent Scott Boras, who recently negotiated former Boston Red Sox centerfielder Johnny Damon’s four-year, $52 million contract with the New York Yankees...
...Gossage has steadily gained ground. Nearly 65% of voters gave him the nod this year, and no player with that level of support has failed to get in eventually (players need 75% for induction, and can remain on the ballot for 15 years. Rice, the ex--Red Sox slugger, also notched close to 65%). "Dominance at a position in your time is the best indication you're a Hall of Famer," says Jack O'Connell, 57, secretary-treasurer of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. "I don't think there's any question that the dominant reliever in the American...