by chipbuck | Sep 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz
With Clay Buchholz continuing to progress in his recovery from a stress fracture in his lower back, many within the Boston sports media and blogosphere have speculated about his potential role come playoff time. Last week, Tim Britton of the Providence...
by chipbuck | Sep 7, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports has a truly fantastic idea. Sadly, like most great ideas, it’ll be tossed aside as “too unconventional” to work. You know, kind of the idea of establishing a relief ace rather than annointing a closer, but I...
by chipbuck | Sep 7, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox have been on quite a roller coaster as of late. With the exception of Monday night’s 1-0 loss to Toronto in 11 innings, they’ve lost 10-0, won 12-7, lost 11-4, and won 14-0. With Tim Wakefield toeing the rubber tonight, I’m going to...
by chipbuck | Sep 7, 2011 | Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Rick Porcello, Zack Greinke
This past Saturday, I woke up like most people did thinking all was right with the world. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. The sky was blue. It was a picture perfect day. That all changed when I fired up my Twitter account. Somewhere in the wee hours...
by chipbuck | Sep 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Josh Beckett
The medical reports on Josh Beckett are back! Here’s the latest according Red Sox medical director Dr. Tom Gill (via Ian Browne of mlb.com): “Josh was evaluated today at the Massachusetts General Hospital by the Red Sox medical staff, including team foot...
