by bcowett | Jul 13, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Griffin, Alex Wilson, Bartolo Colon, Billy Beane, Brandon Moss, Brandon Workman, Brett Anderson, Chris Young, Derek Norris, Eric Sogard, Jarrod Parker, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Donaldson, Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics, Seth Smith, Yoenis Cespedes
Your friendly neighborhood advanced scout took a day off to bask in the glory that was The Greatest Starting Pitcher In The History Of Baseball starting for a night. But I must get back to work. So. Billy Beane. Sabermetrics. A movie based ever so loosely on 2002....
by bcowett | Jul 12, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Oliver Perez, Seattle Mariners, Steven Wright, Will Middlebrooks
From one bay to another. Now the Sox are in Oakland for the final leg of the last road trip of the first half. Steven Wright – the baseball player, not the comedian – was the man in Seattle on Thursday. Nearly pitching the equivalent of a quality start, he...
by bcowett | Jul 10, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jonathan Papelbon, MLBPA
It’s been a while since the Red Sox hit a plethora of homers, it seemed. Then last night happened and I was more than pleased. So many dingers, it was like Oprah came to Seattle: “You get a homer! And you get a homer! You get a homer too! Everyone gets a...
by bcowett | Jul 9, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Fire Brand Trivia! Never one to drop a bunt down! Question: Clay Buchholz has given up a amazingly low 0.21 home runs per 9 innings. As of today, what other starter in the rotation also has as sub-1 HR/9? HONOR CODE: No search engines or keyword searches, and no B-Ref...
by bcowett | Jul 8, 2013 | Aaron Harang, Allen Webster, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Ackley, Endy Chavez, Felix Doubront, Franklin Gutierrez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Jason Bay, Justin Smoak, Kendry Morales, Kyle Seager, Michael Morse, Mike Zunino, Raul Ibanez, Ryan Dempster, Seattle Mariners, Shane Victorino
And now the Red Sox leave the warm confines of Southern California to head north to Seattle, home of grunge, Starbucks and we’ll even give them the honor of inventing “rain that never stops”. Why not. I’ll give Seattle some credit, though,...