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Remember that Carl Crawford Guy?
Before last season started I was extremely excited about the Red Sox additions of Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford; Crawford in particular I couldn’t wait to see in a Boston uniform. In…
Lavarnway, Gomez could see more Major League action in the wake of Ortiz injury
Ryan Lavarnway could be promoted while Ortiz is out, as a possible “warm-up’ in the event of a Kelly Shoppach trade.It is highly unlikely that we will see an every…
With Ortiz Out, Pressure Shifts To Gonzalez
Adrian Gonzalez took a step in the right direction last night. His Eighth inning home run lifted Boston past Kevin Youkilis and the Chicago White Sox, but on that very…
3 simple reasons why the Sox are better off than you think
1. Yeah, they are a .500 team at the All-Star break (43-43). But guess what, the Orioles are currently holding down the final playoff spot at just 45-40. So A:…
Biggest busts of the Red Sox first half
The Sox are 43-43 at the All-Star break after dropping 3 of 4 to the Yankees in mostly disgraceful and far-too-familiar fashion, which I foreshadowed last week. David Ortiz and…
Diary of a disgruntled Red Sox fan
For years, the Boston Red Sox held the title of loveable losers. They frustrated you year after year, but you still loved the group of guys that was put on…
Fearing a repeat of the late-August massacre of 2006
In mid August of 2006 I spent a long weekend at an old farmhouse in Sweden, Maine, not far from the New Hampshire border. I was there with a…
Pedroia’s on the DL, and maybe that’s a good thing
The table above features Dustin Pedroia’s offensive numbers from 2007, his rookie year. Most of us remember that Pedey started off terribly and was widely derided as too small to…
Daisuke’s Nemesis: The First Inning
Last night I watched Daisuke Matsuzaka emerge from the top of the first inning relatively unscathed—1 run on 2 hits and 24 pitches, including 9 to the lead-off man—before my…
Youk lost his spot. Period.
My spacious forehead is a bit rosy today, and not just because I didn’t wear enough sunscreen over the weekend. All day I’ve been smacking myself in disbelief as all…
Not completely sold on this Youk trade…
Yeah, I know he’s getting old and hasn’t been hitting. And to be honest he was never really one of my favorite players anyway. But consider these possibilities: What if…
Red Sox trade Kevin Youkilis to White Sox
After nearly a decade in Boston, Kevin Youkilis is changing his Sox. Ben Cherington and the Red Sox announced that they had dealt the 33-year old corner infielder to the White Sox…
Clay Buchholz hospitalized with intestinal bleeding, placed on 15-day DL
Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz was surprisingly placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday after he checked into a Boston-area hospital with what manager Bobby Valentine termed a “gastrointestinal situation.” A team…
Daniel Bard agrees to move back to the bullpen…finally
The “Daniel Bard as a starter” experiment is over…at least for the rest of the 2012 season. Bard and the Red Sox have agreed that is in the best interest…
David Ortiz sounds off on media
Today in Boston, Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz had a bit of a meltdown when asked some probing questions by the Boston media. The slugger, fresh off of…
