Update on Jenks, Bedard

According to Michael Vega of the Boston Globe, relief pitcher Bobby Jenks will be shutting it down for the season effective immediately. After signing a two year $12M contract in the offseason, Jenks was expected to team up with Daniel Bard in creating a dominant...

Red Sox Make Roster Moves

<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14586" title="0721 According to a recent press release from the front office, the Red Sox have made a few new additions to the active roster. “The Boston Red Sox today recalled catcher Ryan Lavarnway...

Practicing Tolerance During the Award Season

(originally published at the ESPN Sweet Spot on 8/31/2011) Every year, it seems a controversy accompanies the end-of-year awards process. This year won’t be any different. On Monday afternoon, Sports Illustrated reporter and sabermetric lightning rod Jon Heyman...

Williams to Be Immortalized on a Stamp

Attention all Red Sox fans!  Earlier today, the United States Postal Service unveiled it’s newest commemorative Forever stamp featuring the likeness of Red Sox great, Ted Williams.  As part of an initiative to revive the lost art of stamp collecting, the Postal...

News, Notes, and Observations

For someone who gets up at 5:00 am everyday during the week, these four-plus hour games between the Yankees and Red Sox have wrecked me this week.  At this point, I’m a shell of my former self, and I really don’t have the energy at this point to put...