by andrew lipsett | May 12, 2010 | Bobby Doerr, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Former Red Sox, Jerry Remy, Jim Rice, Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Jon Lester, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Ted Williams, Uncategorized
For whatever reason, I’ve been having a large number of conversations about Red Sox retired numbers lately. From students trying to get me on a tangent by asking who they all are to discussions about whether Pedro Martinez’ return on Opening Day was a play...
by andrew lipsett | May 5, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Tim Wakefield, Victor Martinez
These past two nights, we’ve gotten a glimpse of what this team could look like with things going right. Strong pitching performances by Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester, backed by an offense that at worst grinds down opposing pitchers and at best can be explosive,...
by andrew lipsett | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
As of this writing Tuesday evening, the 2010 Red Sox stand 20 games into their season. With a record of 9-11, the Red Sox sit in fourth place in the AL East, and this is already the latest they’ve been under .500 since 1996 (a season in which they finished with...
by andrew lipsett | Apr 21, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Casey Kelly, Darnell McDonald, Jason Varitek, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen
It’s been a rough couple of weeks, folks. We’ve all heard it, we’ve all said it, we’ve all felt it. There’s been enough negative energy in this town lately to give Vigo from Ghostbusters II a sugar high. However, if you sat there tonight...
by andrew lipsett | Apr 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the second straight start this year, Jon Lester has looked quite unlike the pitcher we’ve come to rely on over the past two seasons. As Troy pointed out in yesterday’s quick post, Lester’s control has been fairly poor to this point, though his...
