by bcowett | Jan 21, 2013 | Aaron Cook, Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Craig Breslow, Mike Lowell, Mike Napoli, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial
All people care about these days is money. No really – all you’re going to hear is arbitration news. I don’t know what I’d rather hear about: details of the old Mike Napoli negotiations or…this. At least on the Boston front, arbitration...
by bcowett | Jan 18, 2013 | 2004 ALCS, Boston Red Sox, Curt Schilling, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jose Reyes, Mike Napoli, Toronto Blue Jays, World Baseball Classic, Xander Bogearts
And no, I don’t mean the end of the Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey “feud” on American Idol. Though that can & should end now. Preferably at this very moment. After weeks of facepalms, exasperated sighs and sporatic shouts of “C’MON!”...
by bcowett | Jan 16, 2013 | Bobby Bonilla, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Junichi Tazawa, Mike Trout, New York Mets, Rafael Soriano, Terry Francona, World Baseball Classic, Xander Bogearts
Does anyone else look up highlights on MLB.com to get your baseball fix? Or is that just me? Because home run highlights are pretty awesome. That, and whatever Mike Trout does. We hear nothing out of the Sox for weeks, and then Terry Francona fires a shot over the...
by bcowett | Jan 15, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Fire Brand Trivia! One right answer puts you smack dab in the thick of the race! Question: In the last 11 Red Sox seasons (2002-2012), only 18 starting pitchers have thrown for over 100 innings. Which one posted the lowest total fWAR? HONOR CODE: No search engines,...
by bcowett | Jan 14, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, J.D. Drew, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Javier Vazquez, Justin Upton, Michael Morse, Mike Napoli, Pedro Martinez, Rubby de la Rosa, Theo Epstein
It’s that time of the year where baseball is so close, yet so far away. I can’t stand these once-a-week football games, even if the team I cheer for is doing well. Too stressful. The Red Sox like this guy who’s relatively cheap, is now expendable for...
