by shawn medeiros | Jan 17, 2008 | Mike Lowell
Pretty much Mike Lowell is right on with saying if one sport is going to be ridiculed, well why not all? Lowell said that he feels baseball exists in a double standard. Quoted in the Globe: “”I don’t know Shawne Merriman and I don’t know Rodney...
by evan brunell | Jan 17, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Doug Mirabelli, Joba Chamberlain
Doug Mirabelli is officially back in the fold. In other news, I put a shirt on earlier today. Saw a video clip of Clay Buchholz signing autographs yesterday (he and several other prospects are in Boston for the rookie symposium the Sox put on every year) and while I...
by evan brunell | Jan 16, 2008 | Fenway Sports Group
If you’re willing to spend $5,000, you can see the Red Sox play in Japan. After the jump is a press release from Fenway Sports Group on the opportunity that is brought by Red Sox Destinations. Salem, VA (January 16, 2008) – Fenway Sports Group (FSG) today...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 15, 2008 | Manny Ramirez
Anyone who knows my work is aware I rarely cite statistics. I am spell bound by sabermetrics, especially the work by my colleagues over at Statistically Speaking. Honestly, I probably read their work more than any other site on the network. However, I refuse to allow...
by evan brunell | Jan 14, 2008 | Manny Ramirez
A line of .296/.388/.493 would be considered a success by most every single baseball player on the planet. Unless you’re Manny Ramirez. That line represented his worst statistical line since 1994 at the tender age of 22, a year before becoming a full-time...