In Case You Haven't Been Keeping Up With Current Events
(This one’s for pedro: glad you enjoy the blog, sir, and don’t worry: I haven’t retired. – sog) Seems like I have to report on the subject pretty regularly round these parts, but I am not, in fact,...
View ArticleIn Case You Were Wondering…
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View ArticleIn Case You Haven't Been Keeping Up With Current Events
(image courtesy Erik Dasque) We just got our asses kicked, pal. Spare me the “we scored as many runs as they did” arguments: the Yankees just savaged us with a plastic hamster. If you are lucky enough...
View ArticleIs A-Gon – The Other One – Really The Solution?
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View ArticlePedroia at Short: Desperation or Due Diligence?
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View ArticleUntouchable Ellsbury?
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View ArticleKnights of the Keyboard: Ranking the Boston Sportswriters
My parents made me a Red Sox fan, but it was Peter Gammons that made me a baseball fan. That’s what I planned to say if I got the chance to meet him at the Hot Stove, Cold Beer event in April. What...
View ArticleValentine at the Break
In his eight year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, the clubs that Terry Francona managed averaged a .592 winning percentage over the first half. They won almost 60% of the games they played in, in other...
View ArticleNick Cafardo: Defender of Bobby Valentine
The Boston Globe’s senior baseball writer Nick Cafardo, you might recall, suggested in October that the Red Sox should have their “hearts set on [Bobby] Valentine.” How does he feel today, with even...
View ArticleWhat Would Nick Do
In today’s Boston Globe, senior baseball writer Nick Cafardo questioned the approach taken by Ben Cherington in the offseason towards constructing the 2013 roster. Specifically, he focused on the $60M...
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