List/Grid Tag Archives: Carl Crawford
Red Sox, Dodgers complete blockbuster trade
When the Los Angeles Dodgers were awarded a waiver claim on Adrian Gonzalez on Friday afternoon, hardly anybody raised an eyebrow. We all thought it was standard procedure, gauging the trade…
The Red Sox have a heartbeat
A few weeks back, after a disappointing loss to the Yankees at home heading into the All-Star break, I wrote about how the team showed no fire, or fight,…
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…
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…
Ellsbury’s heir apparent?
If you want to look forward to a brighter, more-youthful future at Fenway, read Alex Speier on the up-and-comer named Jackie Bradley (great baseball name), who is probably going to…
Sooner or later, the Sox will be loaded
We’re a third of the way into the season, and after another rough start the Boston Red Sox have clawed their way past the .500 mark into this dogfight of…
Red Sox outfielders dropping like flies
With word coming down from Ben Cherington that Cody Ross has a broken foot and will miss 6-8 weeks, we’ve learned of yet another Red Sox outfielder who will make…
What good pitching hath wrought
The streaky Red Sox have won four straight, by scores of 7-5, 4-1, 12-1, and 6-1. How did this happen? Well, here are the starters of those games, with their…
Last night’s loss at KC epitomized what’s wrong with Sox
I caught just a few innings of last night’s Sox-Royals game because “Idol” was on and my wife can’t miss it. (Okay, so I watch it too. Every year I…
Carl Crawford, here’s a new narrative
Before today’s impressive spanking of the Tampa Bay Rays, Rob Bradford tweeted that Jacoby Ellsbury’s shoulder injury (out 6-8 weeks with subluxation) ” ‘intensifies’ Carl Crawford’s desire to come back.”…
Just a Quick Thought…with Curt Baylor
Hey fellas, I’ve been watching this Red Sox-Yankees game pretty closely for the last two hours or so. And something happened in the top of the tenth that got me…
Sox Out-Slug Rangers 12-7
Erik Bedard got his first win as a member of the Red Sox this afternoon, but, quite frankly, it could have been a little leaguer on the mound today,…
CC Finally Finds Out Sox As Yanks Inch To Within 1/2 Game
Coming into today’s game, C.C. Sabathia was 0-4 against the Red Sox with an ERA of over 7.00. But he finally found out the Red Sox tonight as he delivered…
