According a number of baseball trade deadline rumor reports, like this one from the New York Post,Toronto is asking the Red Sox for either Casey Kelly or Jose Igelesias in a trade for set up man Scott Downs That’s way too much for a set up man. Yes, the Sox bullpen is a mess other [...]
September 15, 2008 – 2:31 pm We are now 149 games into the 2008 baseball season. Where has the summer gone? And as the last 3 game set at Tampa Bay starts tonight, the Sox have a chance to leave on Wednesday with the division lead. OK. First things, first. The Rays are good. I’m sure we’ve all come to grips [...]
September 11, 2008 – 12:21 pm It’s a lock that Carlos Pena will hit a home run this series That’s exactly what Crundy said to me when the 3 game series with the Rays began. Low and behold, he was right. Only it took until the 14th inning of last night’s game for it to happen. The last 2 games have [...]
Crundy and I were on chatting it up on instant messenger while the ring ceremony was taking place covering topics from Buckner to RBI Baseball to Neil Diamond and more. Here’s the transcript: Session Start (jaymansf:lifeafterdesk): Tue Apr 08 10:29:11 2008 [10:29] lifeafterdesk: that is funny [10:29] jayman SF: buckner? wtf? [10:30] lifeafterdesk: i think [...]
It was the Red Sox first game of 2008 in the U.S. and the home opener for Oakland. I had some great seats about 30 rows right behind home plate. Ellsbury takes the first pitch of the night Dice-K warming up Great night for baseball Papelbon in to close out a 2-1 Sox victory
March 31, 2008 – 12:08 pm Don’t expect Hideki Okajima to repeat his 2007 season. He’ll be solid, but last year he came out of nowhere to be lights out. Hitters will adjust this season and how Okie adjusts will determine his success this year. I expect him be a solid contributor and setup man to Papelbon, but not duplicating his [...]
