It’s certainly not for the reason you’re expecting. It’s not because Ortiz is full of game winning drama night after night. This is, after all, the 2009 regular season. Not October 2004.
Quite honestly, Papi’s at bats in 2009 borderline on unwatchable. He’s looked awful. And that’s being kind about it. Red Sox fans filling [...]
October 14, 2008 – 2:35 pm
I can barely bring myself to write about yesterday’s game. It’s take my all day just to even start composing this. I’ve avoided sports web sites and boston.com all day. And now game 4 is a few hours away and here I am. Writing a blog post just to get all the negative thoughts out [...]
September 15, 2008 – 2:14 pm
Reading this morning how Yankees manager Joe Girardi pulled 2B Robinson Cano for not hustling in the fourth inning of Sunday’s game. Perfectly encapsualted with the New York Post headline “Cano Doesn’t Get Meaning of Hustle.” There’s no way to think about this as the latest contrast in the ongoing Hatfield & McCoys rivalry that [...]
One of the frequently reported themes in the aftermath of the Manny Ramirez - Jason Bay trade has been how other American League teams are celebrating of the Ortiz-Ramirez combo. With that lethal combination part of the everyday lineup, the Red Sox could use brute force to power their way to victory in any game [...]
My original title for this post was “The Manny Situation”. But Manny seems like the name of a guy that you would be buddies with. He’s the guy you call to meet you in a downtown bar when you get off work early on a Friday. On the Red Sox, Manny would be the borderline [...]
Papi returns to the lineup tonight, and with it comes the wondeful dilemma of how to set up the batting order. Things are not as they were when Ortiz got hurt. Pedroia is the hottest hitter in the league. Drew picked up the slack in a big way. And Ellsbury is struggling a bit.
Here’s my [...]
…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 [...]
In the ongoing debate about who should be the two hitters at the top of the lineup, we now have a 10 game sample to look at with Jacoby Ellsbury leading off for the Red Sox. And the sox record in those games is 9-1. While I’m not able to put my finger on it [...]
March 28, 2008 – 12:20 am
With a few days in between games, I’m going to take some time to post thoughts on what I think the keys to the upcoming season are. Planning on doing this by breaking down a few different aspects of the team: the everyday lineup, starting pitching, relief pitching, and defense. Let’s get this started by [...]
Apparently, Tito is leaning towards batting Jacoby Ellsbury not at the top of the order, where he kicked ass in the World Series last year, but near the bottom.
I’m sure he doesn’t want to put undo pressure on his rookie center fielder, but for the 2008 Red Sox to really shine, Jacoby needs to be [...]
