RISING:  Preview: Original Artwork of Dwight Evans

The annual SoSH fundraiser is about to begin, and while you guys have been great offering to win the Fin some tickets to a future game or a collection of Sox books, this items is what he really wants.  So buy it for me.  Then buy yourself something for a good cause.

Key Line:  "Minimum bid: $100."  --The Allented Mr Ripley

RISING:  Great At-Bats

This thread reminded me of my younger days, watching Dewey foul off Kirk McCaskill pitch after pitch.  Sprowl offers a nice dissection of last night's Pedroia/Embarazadas Hombre matchup, and that acts as a springboard for discussion of some...well...great at-bats.

Key Line:  "It's the precise point where Gagne started to suck."  --drbretto

RISING:  Boston Newspaper Guild Rejects Contract Offer from Globe

It is all here-the death of an industry, opposing views of the value of organized labor, the possibility that the Curly-Haired Boyfriend will be sleeping on the Common in a few weeks-all that and good writing too!

Key Line:  "They are insanely deep in debt to a foreign guy who charging silly interest."  --SeanBerry

WIKI O THE DAY:  Q&A With JohnWHenry  (http://sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/index.php/Q%26A_with_JohnWHenry)

Now that the New York Times (under some duress) is officially trying to sell their stake in the Sox, let's recall that moment years ago when Smiling Joe Hesketh asked the Sox owner to seek just that action.