I was just watching the Sox defeat Minnesota. In the 9th inning of that game, Joe Mauer hit a two run pinch hit home fun. His stats over 22 games are insane. Avg: .438 HR: 10 RBI: 29 OBP: .525 As he’s rounding the bases after his homer, Dave Roberts comments “Is he the best [...]
Note: This is the 2nd in a year long series of posts on the 2009 Red Sox season. I’ll be taking a look at the team’s progress in 20 game increments throughout the year. The first edition is here. After 40 games: 24 wins 16 losses 1.5 game out of first When we look back [...]
Dice-K is scheduled to be activated and pitch tonight against the Mets. Of course, that means that a pitcher needs to be sent down to the minors to make room for him. Who should that be? There’s really two options. Hunter Jones or Daniel Bard I think we’re all impressed with how Bard has performed [...]
This morning Manny Ramirez was suspended 50 games for violating the MLB drug prevention policies after testing positive for banned substance. The banned substance is reportedly a fertility drug of all things. Seriously, if it wasn’t Manny in this story, I wouldn’t believe. But with Manny… a fertility drug makes sense. The man is from [...]
As much as I hate to dedicate an entire blog post to picking on the Red Sox archenemy, I’m going to because The Yankees are not just a team that is in some disarray, but they’re an organization that appears to be totally screwed up from top to bottom. On the field Their catcher just [...]
