Jason Bay has already made some big plays for the Sox. Alex explains why he isn’t surprised.

The Braves flipped Mark Teixeira for prospects just a year after giving up five of their own to get him. Victor says that they came out behind.

What’s the outlook for the Phillies? Guest writer Bill Baer has the poop.

Just a fun mental exercise — take every president and find the ballplayer from his administration that best resembles him.

The trade deadline has come and gone and several top teams made buys.

Can the Cubs break their nearly hundred years curse?

Who sizzled, who fizzled and who made us exclaim “Oh piffle!”

OK, not really. That would be Evan Longoria. But Brad Ziegler has been pretty darn good for a guy who was in the Northern League just a few years ago.

(With apologies to Jules Feiffer)

On July 30, 1962 Gene Conley returned to the Red Sox after having wandered off from his team and attempting to…actually, you won’t believe it until you hear the whole story.