Tag Archives: papi

ALCS Game 3: That pretty much sucked

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 [...]

Winning in the post-Manny era

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 [...]

The Ramirez Situation

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 [...]

We could use some good news

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 at Fenway tonight.  Masterson is getting [...]