Monthly Archives: June 2008

Charlie Zink

June 30, 2008 – 1:38 pm

What are we to make of Charlie Zink?  That would be the 28 year old knuckleball pitcher who (at the time of this writing) has a 7-2 record with a 2.21 ERA at Pawtucket.  Amazingly, we never talk about him.  We project the sox pitching staff in numerous ways that involve up and comers like [...]

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Fake Bill Simmons’ Twitter Updates for 2008-06-21

June 21, 2008 – 11:59 pm

OK. Twitter. The nba playoffs are over and im back. Question is… is @twitter? #
first order of buiness - sending hench over to @astrout ’s house to break some thumbs. he knows too much. #
congrats to the celtics. no congrats for me, though. it took me 3 days to lose [...]

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Pete Rose told A-Rod to sign with Boston

June 17, 2008 – 12:28 pm

Good grief.  I can’t believe I just typed that headline.  In this recent article on espn.com, it turns out that Pete Rose and Alex Rodriguez have become friends by sending each other text messages. 
OK, maybe I can believe this.  Those two guys - for some reason I can’t put my finger on - seem [...]

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Sox Post-Ortiz Formula Still Working

June 4, 2008 – 10:51 pm

And on the second night of the Papi-less part of the 2008 Red Sox season, the formula of good starting pitching and improved bullpen work continues to result in wins.
All three of the key setup pitchers - Delcarmen, Hansen, and Okajima - pitched scoreless innings.  If there is anything to pick on, its that Beckett [...]

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And on the first day of the Papi-less part of the 2008 season…

June 4, 2008 – 2:14 pm

…the sox did it right.
They received 6 innings of solid pitching from Justin Masterson.  Manny Delcarmen and Craig Hansen took care of the middle relief.  Even JD Drew stepped up his production.
All of these elements would appear to be parts of the formula for success for Red Sox team without David Ortiz in the [...]

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Just Say No to Barry Bonds

June 3, 2008 – 11:42 am

Papi is hurt and on the DL.  I mean, Papi is really hurt.  There’s a good chance that Papi needs surgery on his wrist and doesn’t play the rest of the season.  That’s the only scenario under which the name Barry Bonds was going to make it into a blog post title on this site [...]

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