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 [...]
Four hours, 21 minutes. Eleven innings. Just another typical battle between the Red Sox and Yankees. There’s 17 more of these to go this year? To be honest, it will be hard for another 2009 game between these teams to be better than last night’s game. In fact, we’re only at game 16, but there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
