by evan brunell | May 2, 2008 | Trivia
A trivia question for you all. Winner gets to select the topic of an article for me to write next Thursday. Honor code on not looking up the answer. Either you know it or you guess it. Who is the only Red Sox player to have 30 or more home-runs at the All Star Break...
by evan brunell | May 1, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Clay Buchholz
Bartolo Colon has agreed to extend his opt-out clause to June 1 as opposed to today. He is very happy with the way the Sox have treated him and wants to have a future. In the organization. He’s pushing the deadline back because he had a setback in his injury...
by evan brunell | May 1, 2008 | Craig Hansen, Julian Tavarez
It’s time to let Julian Tavarez go. The man’s not pitching. After 23 starts last year for us, he virtually disappeared in September and wasn’t even considered for a postseason roster spot. He came out of the gates rather early this year but has...
by evan brunell | Apr 30, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin McGowan, Toronto Blue Jays
Prev. Gm: Toronto Blue Jays (11-16) @ Boston Red Sox (16-12) Dustin McGowan (1-2, 4.18) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0, 3.14) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES:Well, we gotta get Dice-K a win, don’t we? Going 5-0 in...
by evan brunell | Apr 30, 2008 | Babe Ruth, Dennis Eckersley, Ferguson Jenkins, Lou Boudreau, Tom Seaver
So I have a 2008 Red Sox calendar that was given to me for Christmas (thanks, Julia!) and every day I read either facts or trivia. One factoid caught my attention the other day. Here it is: From 1901 through 1992, the only seasons that the Red Sox fielded a club...
