by chipbuck | Apr 15, 2014 | Boston Red Sox
Oh, Scott DeSmit. You’ve found Doc Brown, stolen his DeLorean, revved it up to 88 MILES PER HOUR (!!!), and driven the time machine back to 2003–to where, you presumably wrote this article. The stats/traditionalist war never gets old because it’s...
by chipbuck | Oct 29, 2013 | Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Koji Uehara, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays
The stress of the playoffs is killing me. Everything from Tim McCarver and Joe Buck droning on about the most ridiculous of narratives; Farrell’s insistence on starting Jonny Gomes over Daniel Nava when facing right handed starting pitching (the last two nights...
by chipbuck | Sep 18, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jon Lester
I’m sorry. I just can’t sit over here quietly anymore. I’ve stood by as writer after writer and talking head after talking head proclaimed the Red Sox’s new team chemistry as the primary (and in some cases, the singular) reason they’ve...
by chipbuck | Sep 17, 2013 | Boston Red Sox
As it stands right now, the Boston Red Sox are 92-59 with 11 games remaining on their schedule.* For those of you whom are math majors out there, you’ll notice that the Red Sox have a pretty realistic, albeit slightly unlikely, chance at breaking the 100-win...
by chipbuck | Sep 12, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Devin Marrero, Drake Britton, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jose Iglesias, Kolbrin Vitek, Lars Anderson, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw, Xander Bogaerts
With the Governor’s Cup series serving as the only games remaining on the minor league schedule, it seems like a good time to hand out this season’s year-end award. Bear in mind that not all of the awards I’m giving out will be positive–and of...
