By Grant Brisbee - Editor Tweet Follow @sbnbaseball on Twitter, and Like Baseball Nation on Facebook. Apr 9, 2012 - The last time the Yankees started 0-3, they won 114 games and the World Series. There you go. That's something to print out and tape to the wall of your cubicle. Laminate it and carry it in your wallet. Tattoo it in backwards lettering Continue reading >>>

Nice try, but the sentiment failed to sway the sellers, who went with a higher offer, with seven bids to pick from, the story notes, pointing out such personal appeals were last seen during the housing boom. (As a side note, I question whether penning such a personal appeal is a hot idea, especially if it puts the seller on the spot. Selling your house is not a charitable transaction.) If there is any pattern to where the spring market is the hottest right now, it appears in part driven by job growth, which is clearly happening, at least higher up the income chain, in markets like Greater Boston, Continue reading >>>

LITTLETON -- Money is the culprit of most problems in Washington, at least in Vera Cohen's view. So, when the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporate campaign spending in 2010, a frustrated Cohen began scouring for ways to limit corporate influence on democracy. The clinical social worker would then find tens of thousands of upset Americans coming together under Move to Amend, a Eureka, Calif.-based coalition of organizations and activists who share a common goal: Passing a constitutional amendment that would override the court ruling. The seemingly daunting mission has galvanized Continue reading >>>

Home News Tom Bishop, left, and Jessica Long break from a training run Saturday at Red Rock Park. (Item Photo / Owen O'Rourke)   Lynn pair race in Marathon to redesign recess for school kids By Amber Parcher / The Daily Item LYNN — A week from today, two Lynn residents hope to have accomplished a physical feat they never thought possible while helping to bring more physical activity to thousands of children’s lives.Tom Bishop and Jessica Long will be running the Boston Marathon for Playworks, a national charity Continue reading >>>

By Matt Goisman, Globe Correspondent Somerville High School’s baseball and softball teams have much in common. Both are coming off losing seasons: 6-12 for baseball in 2011, 4-15 for softball. Both struggled especially in the Greater Boston League, going 0-8 and 2-6, respectively. And both kick off their season this week – softball Monday at Salem, baseball Tuesday vs. St. Clement at Trum Field – trying to focus on fundamentals. “Bunt, hit and run, play smallball, it’s always a good brand of baseball.” says first-year baseball coach Mike DiCato. He adds his team has enough power to Continue reading >>>

When Borderlands was released in 2009, it more or less slipped under the radar, but would slowly rise in popularity amongst players familiar to the first-person shooter (FPS) genre of games. Gearbox Software (Half-Life, Brothers in Arms, Duke Nukem Forever) offered up something different than the soon to become stale modern-era military shooters. Combining FPS elements with those of the time-tested role-playing game (RPG), Borderlands was a game that became difficult to put down. The game's sequel is one of the most anticipated games this year, bringing with it a similar cell-shaded style Continue reading >>>

  This article was submitted by Michele LC Ahouse of Marian Court College. Richard W. Carlson, founder and CEO of Carlson-GMAC Real Estate, will be the recipient of Marian Court College's 4th Annual Beacon Award. Mr. Carlson will be honored on Thursday, April 26th at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The Marian Court College Beacon Award is presented annually to recognize an individual or organization who “lights the way to a better tomorrow by supporting educational initiatives and the college’'s core values of integrity, compassion, justice, and service.” We are expecting close to 200 Continue reading >>>

  Editor's note: The following was provided by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. It refers to an event that happend on March 29: BOSTON – The Metro Mayors Coalition hosted a “Shannon Grant Day on the Hill” at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, March 29 to advocate for funding of the Shannon Grant Community Safety Initiative, which helps fund the prevention of youth crime and gang violence in Greater Boston. More than 200 young adults, youth advocates, mayors, law enforcement officials and legislators gathered to speak about the impact the grant has had on them and their Continue reading >>>