by evan brunell | Nov 6, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, Quick Post
Dustin Pedroia, the diminutive second baseman of the Boston Red Sox, notched his first Gold Glove Award today. It was the only Gold Glove a Red Sox player won, a year after Kevin Youkilis took home the hardware. His closest competition was Mark Ellis of Oakland, and...
by evan brunell | Nov 5, 2008 | Junichi Tazawa, Kenshin Kawakami
The Boston Red Sox are hot on the tails of 22-year old Junichi Tazawa to join the club, but there’s another Japanese pitcher out there that may end up serving as the Sox’s No. 5 starter in 2009. Kenshin Kawakami, 34, is a free agent (meaning no posting...
by evan brunell | Nov 4, 2008 | Jason Varitek, Jorge Posada, Quick Post, Scott Boras
Jason Varitek and Jorge Posada are of similar age. Both are catchers. The similarities stop there, but Scott Boras said he thinks Varitek is worthy of a four-year, $52.4 million commitment, which is what Posada got last year. Yeah, that worked out well… dude...
by evan brunell | Nov 4, 2008 | Quick Post, Trivia
Congratulations to Tessie’s Dad for winning the last round of trivia! He gets a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3 with 5 MP, 6X Optical Zoom, 2-Inch Diagonal LCD. Oooh la la! TD — please e-mail me your mailing address to send to. Now, we start off a new round, the...
by evan brunell | Nov 3, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Andruw Jones, Ben Sheets, C.C. Sabathia, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Derek Lowe, Dontrelle Willis, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez, Russell Martin, Tim Wakefield
Bill James has come out with his new handbook for 2009, and in the handbook are the early statistical projections for players next year. This may be especially significant in the case of the Red Sox, as James has a vast amount of knowledge of players in the Red Sox...
