by bcowett | Feb 25, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Curtis Granderson, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Mike Napoli, New York Yankees, Pedro Martinez, Rubby de la Rosa, Ryan Rowland-Smith
Baseball is back, more or less. And it’s about time. I can only focus on basketball for so long, y’know. Need to see that fresh, green grass and the ballparks again. Gritty. A go-getter. Scrappy. These are terms used to often describe Dustin Pedroia. You...
by bcowett | Feb 22, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Joel Hanrahan, Lyle Overbay, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Spring Training
ATTENTION EVERYONE: The Red Sox played ACTUAL baseball yesterday. As Joe Castiglione says, can you believe it? Sometimes, you learn more in defeat than you do in victory. And that’s what the Red Sox have to do when it comes to their rotation after 2012. (Lessons...
by bcowett | Feb 20, 2013 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, World Baseball Classic
I know I mentioned this a few weeks back, but those new caps the teams have for Spring Training…I want one. They look pretty dang good to me. At one point in the recent past, The Flyin’ Hawaiian wasn’t a thing. That was before Shane Victorino got a...
by bcowett | Feb 19, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Fire Brand Trivia! Winning’s never felt so good! Question: In 2012, what one position on the Red Sox had its players’ combined strikeout rate be over 30%? (Min. 50 PA, so no pitchers) (This question is a one-and-done, so only the response with the correct...
by bcowett | Feb 18, 2013 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Daniel Nava, Jose Iglesias, Josh Beckett, Mike Napoli, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks
If you can’t wait for baseball – and let’s face it, we know you can’t – here’s something to think about: Yesterday will be the last Sunday without any sort of baseball for the next 7-8 months. I like the sound of that. Alfredo...
