by evan brunell | Jul 23, 2008 | Albert Pujols, Blogpoll Awards, Brandon Webb, Chase Utley, Dan Uggla, Edison Volquez, Geovany Soto, Jair Jurrjens, Joey Votto, Tim Lincecum
Each week, I am participating in the 2008 MLB Blog Poll at RotoJunkie.com. Below are my current votes for the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. These votes will be tabulated among other votes from other blogs to create a running master list...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2008 | Derek Lowe, Trivia
The last trivia question asked who were the three other pitchers besides Daisuke Matuszaka with at least 25 career wins at the All-Star Break of his sophomore season. The answer was Andy Pettitte, Jason Jennings and Justin Verlander. Leaderboard is updated. The new...
by evan brunell | Jul 21, 2008 | Craig Hansen, Damaso Marte
Buster Olney today speculated that the Red Sox would acquire Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the trading deadline. Marte’s been on my radar for some time now and the 33-year old is enjoying a fine season. He has a 3.55 ERA in 47.2 IP and is the...
by evan brunell | Jul 21, 2008 | Brock Huntzinger, Che-Hsuan Lin, Jason Place, Josh Reddick, Luis Exposito, Michael Almanzar, Mike Jones, Richie Lentz, Ryan Dent, Yamaico Navarro
As we all know, it’s a dawn of a new age in Boston when young, vibrant players don the Red Sox uniforms and play integral parts of being a defending world champion team. The roster is littered with Red Sox born-and-bred players, and there are plenty...
by evan brunell | Jul 18, 2008 | Manny Ramirez
Former WBZ sports anchor Bob Lobel has come out with some pretty interesting news. Apparently Manny Ramirez was fined for his actions in shoving traveling secretary Jack McCormick to the ground — six figures to a charity. This didn’t sit well with Manny,...
