by charliesap | May 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
This morning, Fangaphs unveiled another addition to their statistical database: Ultimate Base Running. You can read the story behind that stat here. While this another interesting tool to use when evaluating player performance, much like using UZR (Ultimate Zone...
by charliesap | May 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
For the first time in 93 years, the Chicago Cubs come to Fenway park in a meeting of two of the oldest franchises in baseball. Game one will feature Sox ace John Lester against crafty veteran lefty Doug Davis. Then, in game two, Carloz Zambrano brings his intense,...
by charliesap | May 19, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Tim Wakefield
Last night, an eighth inning double by Jarrod Saltalamacchia, which brought in Carl Crawford for the game-winning run, put the cap on what was a great day of pitching for the Sox. Clay Buchholz stepped up big-time, going seven strong innings, allowing no runs on four...
by charliesap | May 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield
Things are looking up…right? The Sox, fresh off of a sweep of the Yankees and, with a ninth-inning victory against the Orioles last night, are now one game over .500 and within three games of first place. However, as much of a positive streak this has been,...
by charliesap | May 12, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey
If allowing seven earned runs would have been an improvement, John Lackeyfailed to improve Wednesday. After three straight quality starts, Lackey has hit a road block and a big one at that. In his last two outings, Lackey has allowed a whopping 17 earned runs on 19...
