by andrew lipsett | Jul 28, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield
The promise of this season, coming in, was pitching and defense. Instead, to this point we’ve seen a team riddled with injuries and dependent more on their offense — despite a recent lull, the team is still second only to the Yankees in all of baseball...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve already written this team off prematurely once this season, so I’m certainly not going to do it again. Still, this past week has shown exactly how badly the cavalcade of injuries suffered by the Red Sox have hurt them; without a major recovery or a...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 14, 2010 | All-Star Game
Before I start, I wanted to acknowledge the passing of George Steinbrenner. He was a fun man to hate, and in his defense let it be said that he spared no expense to give his team’s fans a winning ballclub — that’s more than many owners can say. If I...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Ryan Westmoreland, Victor Martinez
Kevin Youkilis left last night’s game in the 4th inning with an ankle injury. At the moment, it appears he’ll be fine — the word out of Fenway is that he’ll be in the lineup tonight. Still, the sight of Youk leaving the game yesterday must have...
by andrew lipsett | Jun 30, 2010 | Bill Mueller, Brian Daubach, Daniel Nava, John Burkett, Tim Wakefield
In honor of the recent spate of injury-related call-ups, I wanted to take a look at some of the most surprising and productive replacement players the Sox have had over the years. This is obviously weighted pretty heavily toward the years I’ve been an active fan...
