by bcowett | Aug 5, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Barnes, Brett Wallace, Bud Norris, Daniel Nava, Houston Astros, J.D. Martinez, Jason Castro, John Lackey, Jordan Lyles, Jose Altuve, Matt Dominguez, Matt Thornton, Ryan Dempster, Steven Wright, Tim Wakefield
I have to write a Red Sox at Astros preview piece tonight and I don't know how I'm gonna do that without typing "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" for hours — Brett Cowett (@BACowett) August 5, 2013 The struggle is real. HOUSTON ASTROS – 36-74, 5th place...
by bcowett | Aug 5, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Felix Doubront, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew
This is a road trip the Red Sox will be glad to go on. Three against Houston & Toronto, with a series in Kansas City too? Yes please. Felix Doubront is just getting better and better as the season goes on. On Sunday, he blanked the Diamondbacks for seven masterful...
by bcowett | Aug 2, 2013 | A.J. Pollock, Aaron Hill, Adam Eaton, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon McCarthy, Cliff Pennington, Cody Ross, Eric Chavez, Felix Doubront, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Jason Kubel, Jon Lester, Martin Prado, Matt Reynolds, Miguel Montero, Patrick Corbin, Paul Goldschmidt, Randall Delgado, Trevor Cahill, Wil Nieves, Willie Bloomquist
Y’know, if you think about it, team names would be very strange if they were rooted in reality. “Oh man, those creepily-alive socks just fought off a bunch of sailors and now they have to face a bunch of deadly, poisonous snakes!” That’s not...
by bcowett | Aug 2, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Felix Hernandez, Jake Peavy, Jose Iglesias, Ryan Dempster, Seattle Mariners
I’m still amazed over what I saw last night. That’s not something I’m gonna forget for a long, long time, and probably forever. That’s one of those games that stick with you. A sharp Felix Hernandez. An awful Ryan Dempster. Things were looking...
by bcowett | Jul 31, 2013 | Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Chicago White Sox, Giancarlo Stanton, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Jose Iglesias, Seattle Mariners
All hail Ben Cherington, for he has brought upon this team a solution to a vital need in the form of one Jake Peavy. Well done sir, well done. “There’s a right way and a wrong way for a team to go for it. This is the right way.” Need I say more about this...
