by chipbuck | May 14, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Josh Beckett
This is my response to Evan’s Friday piece on Beckett. I first heard about “Golf Gate” via Twitter last Wednesday. Clay Buchholz was being asked questions about it, and he chose not to answer them. Predictably, the blood thirsty Boston media saw...
by chipbuck | May 11, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Boston Red Sox relief pitcher What’s up with Daniel Bard? Through his first four appearances of the season (three of which were starts), Bard...
by chipbuck | May 9, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Kevin Youkilis, Robinson Cano
Those of you whom have been reading my work for the past 15 months know that one of my favorite things to do is to expose and correct common false perceptions. It’s not so much that I like proving people wrong. (Although, I do.) It’s more so that I...
by chipbuck | May 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Darnell McDonald, Felix Doubront, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Will Middlebrooks
This is a pretty long mailbag, so I’m just going to hop right into it. No time for discussion. No time for clever narratives today. It’s all mail, all the time. I hope you have a strong stomach because you’re really going to need it today…...
by chipbuck | May 4, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Will Middlebrooks
It’s been a little busy around these parts the last couple of days, so I don’t have time for a full article. Here are a few of my news, notes, and observations. Aaron Cook Can someone please explain the fascination of Aaron Cook? Seriously. I really...