by aconvery | Sep 3, 2012 | Bobby Valentine
Tough to watch is a bit of an understatement. Ben Cherington and the Red Sox ownership group boarded a plane destined for Seattle last night, to personally see the mess that their team has become. For the first hundred or so games of the season, there were injuries...
by aconvery | Aug 30, 2012 | Trivia
Who is the last Red Sox player to play in all 162 games? HONOR CODE: No search engines. Previous question answer: The Red Sox set a record with nine straight playoff victories from 2007-2008. Betsy answered that one correctly, so she’s tied with Tim R., Ruben,...
by aconvery | Aug 27, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez
Before we start, consider these two things: One, it will take at least a few years before we know for sure which team got the better side of this franchise altering trade. Two, I was at Dodger Stadium when Adrian Gonzalez homered in his first at bat as a Los Angeles...
by aconvery | Aug 20, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
It’s probably fitting that Hiroki Kuroda pitched so well on Sunday night. Fitting in that it was an eight-inning reminder of just how far this season has spiraled out of control, but perhaps even more a remainder of what could have been done to prevent most of this...
by aconvery | Aug 13, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Will Middlebrooks
I don’t think there’s anything to compare it to. The way the ball leaves Will Middlebrooks’ bat after he hits a home run is something special. Like being launched from a cannon, as if the baseball was a tiny piece of metal rocketing towards some sort of super magnet...
