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Do you love Jarrod Saltalamacchia more than Nick Cafardo?

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In Which Pedroia is Defended Because of Gritty, Gutty Writers Love

Ladies and gents, it is time for the highlight of your week: the time that you realize that it is Nick Cafardo watching the Red Sox on the Boston Globe, despite the fact that your 11 year old son constructs better logic and that your 15 year old daughter demonstrates more rhetorical skill in her debating than Cafardo [...]

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Nothing Like Fan Base Hysteria, Fueled By Local Media. Despite Great Start

Nick Cafardo gonna Nick Cafardo.

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Personal Pride, Gritty Players, and Personal Responsibility.

The Red Sox are winning and fans are whining. Nick Cafardo is writing nonsense. Boston is headed back to normal.

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Want to Make People Uncomfortable? Speculate on Race!

Jackie Bradley, Jr. is the only African American on the Boston Red Sox in 2013. Just how big of a problem is that? Noted sociologist Nick Cafardo wades through at least one or two issues that may or may not contribute to this phenomenon.

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Nick Cafardo Does a Chemistry Experiment – Fails to Use Science

Nobody knows how to develop team chemistry. Nick Cafardo asks somebodies anyway.

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Cafardo Mailbag: Nick Says Nice Things About Baseball Managers!

Timothy Brooks, on the other hand, writes mean things about MLB managers that are not named Terry Francona from his mother’s basement.

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You Ask Questions, Nick Cafardo Hates Them, Beats Dead Horses!

I have been stoked about this one for a full week now. Last week, my predecessor on this beat (twitter handle chip_buck) went on a tweeted rant about this mailbag, and it lives up to its head scratch worthiness. In full editorial honesty, I remain unsure if the joke is on the questioners, the answers, [...]

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…In Which the 2004 World Series Was Won By Intangibles, Cafardo Style!

Counting prospects before they hatch, discounting “best shape of their lives,” wondering if Mike Napoli will be an elite defender, and suggesting that it was intangibles that brought you 2004…Nick Cafardo do what he do!

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Ask Nick: Bridge Year Edition

In which Nick channels Theo Epstein c. 2010, champions Saltalamacchia based on one counting stat, and is jazzed to be at “The Fort.”

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