by evan brunell | Feb 26, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Josh Bard, Julio Lugo, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
A couple years ago, The Fielding Bible took baseball by storm with John Dewan’s Plus/Minus system to evaluate fielders. This year, he’s back at it with The Fielding Bible–Volume II in which he takes all the metrics created in the original volume and...
by evan brunell | Feb 23, 2009 | Fenway Park, John Henry
Earlier today for MVN Outsider, I commented on the poor economy and how the Arizona Diamondbacks are taking steps to ensure that the consumer can still afford to go to a game while clubs such as our beloved Red Sox are content to squeeze us out of every last dollar....
by evan brunell | Feb 19, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli
Apologies to those that don’t follow the shows I do, but I was thinking about the multitude of TV shows that I watch and I thought it would be pretty funny and cool to pair up who I think represents a certain character best on the Red Sox. I’m not limiting...
by evan brunell | Feb 17, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Quick Post
Today’s “Great Debate” at MVN Outsider asks if the Yankees will make the playoffs. Money quote: Don’t get me wrong — they will contend. It’s just not a lock that they’ll finish in second in the AL East. The Red Sox are...
by evan brunell | Feb 16, 2009 | Bill Mueller, Bret Saberhagen, Brian Daubach, Curtis Pride, Dante Bichette, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jeff Frye, John Burkett, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Lou Merloni, Mike Stanley, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Rich Garces, Rod Beck, Tim Wakefield, Troy O'Leary
On Friday, the Boston Globe ran down the worst breakups in Red Sox history going around the diamond by position. It’s a nice (and sobering) read. It made me ask myself “who would be on my personal ‘favorite Red Sox’ team?” My list is...
