by aconvery | Jan 21, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
“If spring training opened tomorrow we would be comfortable where we are with our pitching depth.” ~General Manager Ben Cherington Spring training will bring many decisions. The Yankees have to decide between Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett, and Freddy Garcia to be their...
by aconvery | Jan 17, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury
It’s easy to forget that Jacoby Ellsbury only played in eighteen games two years ago. It’s easy to forget that in his last full season before 2011, his defense cost the Red Sox runs. It’s easy to forget that many, including Kevin Youkilis, questioned his toughness. In...
by aconvery | Jan 10, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The date is September 27th. The Red Sox don’t know it, but in less than twenty-four hours they will lose 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles, completing the greatest collapse in baseball history. With the possibility of a one game playoff looming with Tampa Bay, and with Jon...
by aconvery | Jan 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Big market teams have obvious luxuries. They can sign A-level free agents like Carl Crawford and John Lackey (wait…). They can make high profile trades right before the deadline in July, for players like Jason Bay and Victor Martinez. Yet, one of the greatest...
by aconvery | Jan 3, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The fact that two of the most important players for the Boston Red Sox over the past fifteen years have been a pitcher and a catcher would lead one to believe that they have worked together often. With Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield, that is not the case. In fact,...
