With just over a week to go in spring training, manager Terry Francona and Jonathan Papelbon came together following Boston’s 4-4 tie with Philadelphia Thursday afternoon, in which he threw three innings of relief and allowed one run on two hits while striking out three, and announced that the third-year player will return to close [...]

After a hard day of sitting out in the sun playing America's favorite game it is only fair that the boys get together for a sip of hootch. Notice below how the delectable morsel we call alcohol was greedily slurped down by man and boy alike. Heck, its good they arranged the balls and bats on the ground first before downing the mid-afternoons lunch. Otherwise, they may never have been able to display, or remember, the relationship between their hearty drink and the ballgame they played that day. Below is a real photo postcard, circa 1920's, I recently won on eBay.

This is the perfect refrigerator.YouTube Link: isnochys:Link: Beer Launching Fridge:

Via 6-4-2, I was awaken from my early morning slumber at work to find out that Tommy Lasorda, among others, will be named as a former client in an upcoming tell-all book by Hollywood Madam Jody "Babydoll" Gibson. "Wow. You Don't Say!"

Tomorrow the Veterans Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame will announce their inductees into the Hall. Check out this link for background information.