by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | Alan Embree
This morning, we learned that Mike Timlin won a spot on the All-Aughts team as the #1 reliever. This afternoon, we honor the #3 reliever and Timlin’s longtime lefty cohort, Alan Embree. Embree may have only been around for two full seasons and parts of two...
by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | Mike Timlin
Today’s All-Aughts Team of the Decade entrants will number two. This morning you’re getting the best reliever of the decade as well as one-half of the best relief pitching tandem the Sox have witnessed in a long time. This afternoon, you get the other...
by evan brunell | Nov 18, 2009 | George Kottaras, Quick Post
With Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek set at the major league level and Dusty Brown along with Mark Wagner in reserve, the Red Sox cleared a 40-man spot by releasing catcher George Kottaras. Kottaras was out of options, so he would have had to pass through waivers,...
by evan brunell | Nov 16, 2009 | Manny Ramirez, Trading Manny Saga
When Boston fans look back on the 2000s years from now, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez will only have grown in stature. For the rest of all our natural lives, any dominating three-four duo in the lineup will be compared to Papi/ManRam to determine ‘the best...
by evan brunell | Nov 14, 2009 | Jason Varitek
He’s the only position player to have bookended the Red Sox’s history-altering decade. He was anointed team captain, an occurrence that does not happen often. He’s Jason Varitek, the All-Aughts catcher of the decade for Boston. When Varitek retires,...
