by evan brunell | Mar 6, 2008 | Terry Francona
Eric Seidman over at Statistically Speaking is working on a book, and as part of this book, he takes a look at the Michael Jordan baseball era. Who was the manager? None other than our very own Terry Francona, then in the Chicago White Sox system. In 1994, Francona...
by evan brunell | Mar 4, 2008 | Dante Bichette, Fenway Park
Those famous Coke bottles atop Fenway are departing. Fenway will now have a “Coca-Cola Corner” which will boast 412 new seats (total capacity for night games now 38,888) under a scrolling, red-LED lighted Coca-Cola sign “reminiscent of a sign that...
by evan brunell | Mar 4, 2008 | Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett is on the cover of the April 2008 issue of Men’s Fitness (cover to your right) and it’s a pretty interesting article. There are two nuggets in the article I enjoyed: Starting pitchers were once the marathon men of baseball. They were always...
by evan brunell | Mar 3, 2008 | Hank Steinbrenner, John Henry, Larry Lucchino, New York Yankees
“Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans.”Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is...
by evan brunell | Feb 29, 2008 | Julio Lugo
Tim’s on a cross country flight today, so he’s unable to check in. Here’s some news on Julio Lugo: The Red Sox shortstop admitted yesterday he never regained his strength during his first year with the team due to a stomach parasite he picked up...
