by chipbuck | Oct 5, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Steroids
In case you were wondering, the debate over performance enhancing drugs, the Hall of Fame, and the steroid era’s place in history is still very much alive. While on Twitter (where else?) on Tuesday afternoon, I came upon a seemingly innocuous tweet from...
by chipbuck | Oct 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis
Do you ever feel like we’ve stepped onto a demented merry-go-round that’s been possessed by the tazmanian devil? In the latest edition of the Red Sox news cycle that never ends, Kevin Youkilis appeared on WAAF this morning (via Jerry Spar of WEEI) where...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
It’s official. Terry Francona will not return as the Red Sox skipper in 2012 per a mutual agreement with management. Tim Britton of the Providence Journal was the first person on my Twitter feed to break the news (literally seconds before Peter Abraham of the...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona
UPDATE (1:35 p.m): According to the brilliant tag team of Tim Britton and Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal (via Twitter), Theo Epstein released a statement. “There are no plans for an immediate announcement…We all plan on taking some time to...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The last time I felt this way was Friday, October 17, 2003. Aaron Boone had just launched a home run into the left field seats at Yankee Stadium; thus sending the Yankees, and not the Red Sox, to the World Series. As Boone jubiliantly jogged around the bases, I sat...
