by chipbuck | Apr 25, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
During the fourth inning of Jon Lester‘s start on Monday night, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe offered up this bit of analysis following a two-out, two-strike home run Lester allowed to Danny Valencia. “Lester has to be better than that on 2-strike...
by chipbuck | Apr 23, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Alex Wilson, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Franklin Morales, Jonathan Papelbon, Junichi Tazawa, Mark Melancon, Matt Albers, Vicente Padilla
I haven’t been this angry with a game in nearly two-and-a-half years. I’m serious. Not even during last September’s epic 7-20 slide that pushed the Red Sox out of the playoffs was I ever this angry. Confused, yes, but never angry. For whatever...
by chipbuck | Apr 20, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Anibal Sanchez, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Bobby Valentine has a problem. He likes to talk. For most people, this wouldn’t be a problem. For Bobby, though, he tends to gossip to people he shouldn’t. To be fair, I feel a little bad for him. He’s a new guy in a big city without a lot of...
by chipbuck | Apr 20, 2012 | A.J. Burnett, Adrian Gonzalez, Andruw Jones, Andy Pettitte, Brett Gardner, C.C. Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Freddy Garcia, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda, Nick Swisher, Phil Hughes
Today, I’m releasing the second installment of my “Five Questions with the Enemy” series. From time to time, I’ll check in with other writers within the baseball blogosphere to discuss their team, an upcoming series with the Red Sox, or just general...
by chipbuck | Apr 19, 2012 | Quick Post
We’re excited to launch, along with our friends from TiqIQ, a new Facebook application called TiqIQ CONNECT. Unlike the majority of other widgets/applications, this one is pretty cool–not obtrusive–and useful (promise). Using the app, you can now check-in...