The 2009 MLB playoffs start today, and once again the Red Sox are in. Just kill me now and get it over with.
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Oct 082009
Aug 112009
Well after a brutal week where the Sox went winless they finally got off the schneid and beat the Tigers 6-5. If last night’s game marks a resurgence in the Sox offense then they are a lock for the Wild Card, and just might be able to take a run at the Yankees. The next ten games or so will go a long way in deciding that though.
Aug 032009
As everyone who follows baseball knows the non-waiver trade deadline passed last week.
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Jul 292009
Jul 182009
Fantastic article about pitching and hitting the strike zone from the Boston Globe. This is the sort of writing baseball fans deserve. Leave the TMZ-style crap to “the blogs.”
May 072009
Simmons: Confronting my worst nightmare
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Bill Simmons absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one. Perfectly captures my feelings regarding Manny’s suspension and the specter of PED abuse on the 2004 Red Sox. I desperately don’t want to care that players on that team used, but I can’t shake the feeling that they did, and that does not make me happy.
Feb 122009
So as we all know, one name from a supposedly secret list of 104 baseball players who tested positive for steroids back in 2003 got out into the public. Naturally that name was Alex Rodriguez. Even more naturally people reacted with outsized histrionics (Big ups to Rochelle Riley by the way, going way outside the box on that one).
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Jan 162009
There’s a lot going on in the world of sports these days, NFL playoffs are in full swing, the NBA and NHL are humming along, and pitchers and catchers report in like a month or so. Even so, there were two stories yesterday that captured all of my attention.
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Dec 282008
So, 0-16 huh?
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Dec 232008
Given Mark Teixeira’s recent decision to sign with the Yankees I don’t have the heart to even flip over to SportsCenter. It’s going to be wall to wall coverage on the Yankees and that will just make me sick. I’ve felt all offseason that the Yankees were the most logical destination for Teixeira — they needed a 1B and an in-his-prime masher — but I really, really, really wanted to see him in Boston. The Red Sox still have a good team even without Teixeira, but I’m incredibly nervous about the health of both Mike Lowell and David Ortiz. If either of those two performs like they did last year…the Sox are in a world of hurt. Obviously now is not the time for Theo to panic, but if they don’t make some kind of move to really bolster the team I will be very uneasy going into the 2009 season.