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Tune in tonight as bloggers Anthony of the Oriole Post and Jason of My Baseball Bias join me for our hour long baseball show called, “The Hits Keep Coming” on Blog Talk Radio and on MVN Radio. Every week at 7PM Eastern Time (6PM Central/ 5PM Mountain/ 4PM Western/Pacific) we chat, analyze and comment about the world of Major League Baseball.

This week: Mitchell Report and Free Agent Roundup

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Topics to be discussed this evening:

• Mitchell Report
• Miguel Tejada trade
• Fukudome signs with the Chicago Cubs. Is he worth $12 million a year?
• Are certain recent free agents being overpaid?

You can listen to last week’s show by going over to the sidebar on the right and looking for the Blog Talk Radio section.

See you all tonight!!!

The rebuilding era is Baltimore is upon us as the Orioles have traded Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros in a 5 for 1 deal. The Orioles sent Tejada to the ‘Stros for LHP Troy Patton, OF Luke Scott, RHP Matt Albers, RHP Dennis Sarfate and 3B Michael Costanzo.

Tejada hasn’t been happy with the way things had been going in Baltimore since he’s been there and now he has a chance to restart his career in Houston.

I am sure we will have plenty about this on tonight’s The Hits Keep Coming…. tonight at 7 PM on Blogtalk Radio and MVN.com.

In exactly 24 hours from the time of this post, the moment we all have been waiting for is about to arrive. Former Senator George Mitchell will release his Mitchell Report containing about 50 names at news conference starting at 2 PM.

The press conference will be covered on ESPN. The report will then be published shortly thereafter on MLB.com and Bud Selig will hold his own press conference approximately 2 1/2 hours after Mitchell is done.

So who do we think is going to be on the report? Any of our favorite Red Sox players, any of the enemy Yankees, or any big names?

So with the New York Jets about to play the New England Patriots on Sunday it has come to light that the Jets had a little camera issue at Foxboro last season when an employee was removed for taping from the end zone and the lighthouse.  The Patriots didn’t push the issue and turn them in, unlike someone else, and the NFL is unaware of any allegations regarding the Jets “spying”.

“All filming at last year’s Patriots game was done with pre-approval from the Patriots and in accordance with NFL rules,” Bruce Speight, the Jets’ senior director of media relations.

So if they had permission to do it, why was the employee removed??

Things still remain quiet on As The Santana Turns as the Red Sox aren’t backing down from their original offers of a 3-player deal involving Jacoby Ellsbury and the 4-player deal involving Jon Lester. The Yankees and Mets are still in the mix but neither team is backing down from their offers either.

Sports Business Radio announced it’s first annual awards and named the Boston Red Sox the top professional sports model. To me this isn’t surprising as ever since the John Henry-led ownership group took over, the team has made a complete 180 turn from the previous regime.

Santana talks remain open but quiet [Boston Herald]

Sports Business Radio Year-End “Best” and “Worst” Awards [Sports Business Radio]

Confessions of a future baseball wife [Boston Globe]

Bid On Manny’s Panties [BostonSportz.com]

Sox ‘movie stars’ brighten kids’ days [redsox.com]

And for the Connecticut readers of SOX & Dawgs, don’t forget that the Red Sox are bringing the 2007 World Series Championship trophy to the state on Thursday.

Just because most of the schools are in final exams right now doesn’t mean there isn’t news going on in the college football world.

By far the biggest news is Bobby Petrino announced that he is resigning his job as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and currently is in negotiations for the head coaching job at Arkansas. Frankly, I am not shocked Petrino is leaving the Falcons given all that the organization has gone through this year. He took the job with the premise that Michael Vick was going to be his QB1. For obvious reasons, we know this wasn’t the case and the earliest Vick would have a chance to play again is the 2009 season.

The Hawaii athletic department decided to return 4,000 tickets of there 17,500 ticket allotment for this year’s Sugar Bowl when they thought they wouldn’t sell them all. Ummm, big mistake by the Warriors athletic department. They sold out 13,500 tickets to their 23,000 season ticket holders and tickets never went on sale to the general public. Fans were outraged at the decision. Hawaii did request more tickets and received 500 of the requested 1,500 additional tickets they need to satisfy their waiting list.

Guess who is graduating from the University of Alabama 42 years later? “Broadway Joe” Namath. Seems Namath left ‘Bama 15 credits shy of graduation and finally has fulfilled his graduation requirements. He will receive his degree on Saturday.

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Welcome to “Picking Up The Blitz”.  It’s new feature that’s, shall we say, tidbit based in chocolatey goodness.  It might be just a little scad of information I wish to impart on you or it could be a miriad of bits that I want to cover you with.  Either way you know I’m bored.  And folks we may not just stick to sports either.

Even though the New England Patriots scored 34 points against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon they’re average points per game dropped to 38.7 per contest.  This puts them behind the NFL record of 38.8 points per game set by the 1950 Los Angeles Rams.  But don’t worry the next two weeks they play the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins so look for the average to get a boost.  And a big one. 

Yes kids, the Rams used to play in Los Angeles.  They even played in one Super Bowl as the LA Rams before they moved to the STL to replace the Cardinals who moved to Arizona.  Yup there were two teams named the St. Louis Cardinals, there were also two teams named the New York Giants.  Okay okay that’s your history lesson for the day.

Is it me or does New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini need some Proactiv or Clean & Clear?  Maybe Santa will be good to the squealer and bring him some with his coal.

Do you think Chris Berman has any idea how old and tired his act is?  I mean it was clever 20-years ago but now it’s like watching your dog chase it’s tail.  You’ve seen it before and in the end the result never changes.

No one can say that Bobby Petrino is stupid.  No sir-ee.  After inking a five year deal to coach the Atlanta Falcons last off season he resigned today and looks like he is going to go coach at Arkansas in the SEC.  Wonder how long he’ll stay there?  We all remember when he was at Louisville it seemed liked every year he contemplated taking one or two different jobs before bolting for Arthur Blanks Home Depot money.

I for one may just vote for Hilary Clinton.  I wouldn’t do it because I love her policies or her politics but because I really feel like America misses Bill.  Do you remember how much fun he was to have around?  Just think of the stuff he accomplished over those eight years and THIS TIME he would have nothing but time on his hands and college interns on the table, the couch, the floor, in the shower.  My word, Hilary goes out of the country for a summitt and the White House will be turned into the newest Gold Club location. 

Ok it’s time to make like Charlie Steiner and “follow me…follow me to freedom” because I’m outta here.

The 2007 World Series trophy won by the Boston Red Sox will be making an appearance in the state on Thursday morning and afternoon.

The trophy will be in New Haven at City Hall from 10 AM to 11 AM. It will then make the trip north up to Hartford where it will be on display at the State Capitol Building from 2:15 PM to 4:00 PM. The trophy will also make brief stops in Willimantic and Waterbury.

Steve’s favorite owner Larry Lucchino will be leading the group that comes with the trophy. No word yet on whether any players will be with the trophy.

“We couldn’t be happier about bringing the trophy to the ever-increasing number of Connecticut fans who have supported us over the years,” says Lucchino. “Connecticut is a cornerstone of Red Sox Nation, and our supporters in Connecticut deserve to see this trophy that they helped bring back to Fenway.”

Our favorite quarterback around these parts is Tom Brady. While most of the commercial opportunites go to some guy named Peyton Manning, our boy Tom does his fair share of modeling and of course, models. Most of Tom’s advertising forray’s have been in the way of print ads but now for your viewing enjoyment comes the Tom Brady commercial for Stetson cologne. Hey he’s no Peyton (yet) when it comes to the MasterCard and Sprint ads, although this year everyone is eluding Jason Taylor, but he’s getting there.

Although I do have one question for the Stetson folks. “If I buy Stetson do I smell like Brady, drive a cool car and get to bang supermodels or do I smell like like the ass on that horse”?

If I was his agent I’d pitch a Victoria’s Secret ad that has him in the store sniffing panties while trying to find Gisele. Kind of an adult version of “Where’s Waldo”. Now that would be a winner.

By the way the song in the Stetson ad is one of my favorites. It’s “Train, Train” by Blackfoot. Enjoy.

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Most of the time, the newspaper websites put their stories up online just after midnight. This holds true normally for the Providence Journal and Boston Herald. The Boston Globe and Hartford Courant usually publish theirs online around 3 AM. If am up til 3 AM, I will usually include those headlines into the news and notes and make sure the early ones are in. You ask why am I explaining this to you? My answer is because there was a lot of news that came out after I went to bed at 1 AM last night that was missed here.

“As The Santana Turns” is starting to show signs of life again as it appears that the Twins are focused on the deal which involved Jacoby Ellsbury. Rumor is the teams are deciding who the fourth player will be.

Mike Lowell and Terry Francona are heading to Washington, D.C. to have dinner with President Bush. This visit is different than when the whole team will go to the White House. Lowell also said he has become a “soccer dad” this offseason. I wonder if he’s driving the mini-van around.

The Red Sox made it 2 for 2 in this years MLB.com This Year in Baseball Awards as closer Jonathan Papelbon was the overwhelming choice for Closer of the Year. Can the Red Sox go 3 for 3 tomorrow if the fans voted Terry Francona as Manager of the Year?

Ellsbury seems key in any deal with Red Sox [Star-Tribune]

President Bush asks Lowell over to dinner [Boston Herald]

Fans tab Papelbon TYIB’s top closer [redsox.com]