Red Sox call up Daniel Bard

by | May 10, 2009 | Daniel Bard, Quick Post

UPDATE: Javier Lopez is the one that gets the boot. I’m surprised; he was decent for us the last three years and they could have optioned Hunter Jones. What about Jones did they prefer to Lopez and what he’s done the last three years? Not sure. True, Lopez...

Trivia: Rhode Island HRs

by | May 10, 2009 | Quick Post, Rocco Baldelli, Trivia

Rocco Baldelli hit his first home run as a Sox Saturday. It was the second home run ever hit by a Rhode Islander as a Red Sox. Who hit the first one? HONOR CODE: No search engines.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous trivia question: Don Schwall (1961) was...

Dom DiMaggio passes away at 92

by | May 8, 2009 | Dom DiMaggio, Quick Post

It’s a sad day in baseball. Longtime Red Sox centerfielder Dom DiMaggio has passed away. Former teammates with Ted Williams and younger brother of Joe, DiMaggio was only 5’9″ (shades of Dustin Pedroia) and was called the Little Professor. Dom had a...

Should Jacoby Ellsbury be leading off?

by | May 8, 2009 | Jacoby Ellsbury

Entering last night’s game against the Indians, Jacoby is hitting .291/.323/.350 on the season. Now, the season is early but his numbers are eerily similar to last year’s, when he hit .280/.323/.350. He’s been torrid on the basepaths and has 15...