by dan rowinski | Jun 17, 2010 | J.D. Drew, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Trading Manny Saga
On Friday, Manuel Aristides (Onelcida) Ramirez returns to Fenway Park for the first time since July 31, 2008. How do you feel about this? As a reporter, I like it for the story line. Personally, I am not emotionally vested in Manny’s return. Then again, I am a...
by dan rowinski | Jun 10, 2010 | Bobby Jenks, Boof Bonser, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Lyon, Chicago White Sox, Cla Meredith, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez, Robert Manuel, Scott Atchison, Scott Schoeneweis
Look on the bright side. When it comes to the Sox best relief pitchers, all are home grown. Yet, outside of Jonathan Papelbon, Daniel Bard and Manny Delcarmen there has not been a lot to like about the Sox bullpen this year. You probably had the feeling, as I did,...
by dan rowinski | May 27, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Denard Span, Dustin Pedroia, Francisco Liriano, J.D. Drew, Kevin Youkilis, Matt Garza, Minnesota Twins, Terry Francona, Victor Martinez
Everybody knows about “The Laser Show.” Dustin Pedroia is the working man of working men on the Sox roster (next to Kevin Youkilis, of course) and the straw that stirs the proverbial cocktail. Pedroia seems more like a whiskey type of guy to me, not that...
by dan rowinski | May 23, 2010 | A.J. Burnett, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes
I was in the Sox  clubhouse on Thursday with WEEI.com and one thing stuck out at me — Clay Buchholz playing Plants vs. Zombies on the leather couch on his iPad. Having played Plants vs. Zombies for hours on my friend’s magical device, I can understand the...
by dan rowinski | May 16, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
The Bruins season is over and that means that I turn my eyes back to Fenway Park. It is kind of hard not to actually, I live across from the thing, but so it goes. Mired on the Bruins beat as I was for the last half of the season, I could not help but start to think...
