The Top Twelve

With the culimination of the minor leagues around the country, a lot of publications are coming out with the Top Ten ranked for each team in pitching and position players. The best site around for Sox fans in regard to prospects is Sox Prospects, in which he upkeeps...

3.5 Back Is Death

Bobby ‘Bleepin’ Madritsch! Madritsch pitched eight shutout innings to lead the Mariners over the Sox, 7-1. A couple of columns back, in the comments, a reader brought up why the Sox did so bad against rookies. Not going to rehash it here (mainly because I...

Forty HRs / Who’s the MVP?

FORTY Manny checks into the Oakland series at 37 HR, with Ortiz at 34. With 27 games to go, it’s a foregone conclusion that Manny will hit 40, and David Ortiz – barring a collapse, will see 40 HR also. So when’s the last time the Boston Red Sox had...