So we’re at the all-star break (actually one game into the unofficial second half by the time I get this posted) and the first half has had its highlights (Nava’s grand slam, Daniel Bard) and lowlights (Pedroia’s injury, Beltre’s secret desire to be a linebacker). There is much that we know now. Among them… Theo [...]
Sox are fading. No doubt about it. Not having Papi around is most likely starting to catch up with them. The bullpen continues to suck. The Rays keep piling up the wins. And, of course, sending this team on the road never helps. So, here’s the glass half full approach to things Sox are home [...]
In signal number 1,965 that Red Sox nation turned the corner from being glass half-empty types to glass half-full types, the Sox have lost 5 of 6 on the current road trip and the starting pitcher with the most wins on the best ERA on the team needs an MRI to check out his shoulder…BUT [...]
The season is 40 games in. One quarter of the season is now behind us, giving us a large enough sample size to think about how to tweek the roster in order to solidify the Sox as the 2008 team to beat. Certainly, there’s nothing I’ve seen in the first 40 games that says “hit [...]
“Dont’ worry. About a thing.‘Cuz every little thing gonna be alright” – Bob Marley Thanks to fantastic pitching performance from Jon Lester (and by the way, Roy Halladay, not Johan Santana, is the premier starting pitcher in baseball today) the Olde Towne Team ended their 5 game losing streak last night. Being on the west [...]
April 22, 2008 – 10:32 am I’ve been reading all about Hank Steinbrenner’s outbust that Joba Chamberlain should be a starting pitcher right now and Brian Cashman’s response. All it has me thinking is that I’m glad the Sox aren’t toying around with Clay Bucholz. Crundy and I actually disagree on this. Crundy thinks Bucholz should be a bullpen setup guy [...]
