Photo by Kelly O’Connor of sittingstill.net
ATTENTION EVERYONE: The Red Sox played ACTUAL baseball yesterday. As Joe Castiglione says, can you believe it?
- Sometimes, you learn more in defeat than you do in victory. And that’s what the Red Sox have to do when it comes to their rotation after 2012. (Lessons From 2012: The Importance of Competent Starting Pitching)
- Who better to throw the first pitch of the first game played for the Sox this year than Joel Hanrahan…wait, what? Did that just happen? (The closer opens for the Red Sox)
- Hey look! An article about Mike Napoli that isn’t about his hips! I thought I’d never see this day! (Mike Napoli powerfully good)
- So far, so good with Daniel Bard. Let’s hope he can reach levels high enough that even Shakespeare would’ve had to admire his fellow Bard. (Daniel Bard Starts The Road Back By Striking Out The Side)
- Ryan Dempster hopes to be a role model to others. Hopefully, the first thing he promotes is to be healthy. For, like, the entire season. (Dempster says he’s ready to lead by example)
- Mike Carp jokes & puns, incoming! Get to your fallout shelters, you can practically hear the groaning already! (Carping on various Red Sox matters)
- I don’t even think Lyle Overbay was part of the Red Sox system long enough to warrant a jersey. (Lyle Overbay to Milwaukee?)
- As a resident of Phoenix and a big fan of Spring Training, this was a bit strange. Especially when it was 75* the day before. (Spring training in the Valley of the … snow?)
A big congrats to our buddy Ben Carsley, who got some spotlight on ESPN’s actual Sweet Spot blog with his article on Will Middlebrooks!