by guest | May 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
With one month of the season in the can, we can at least start to evaluate this club objectively. I want to start by examining the batting order, based on current production, and try to reconstruct it along what I’d view as optimal lines. Of course,...
by guest | May 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
If you’ve read my writing even remotely closely over the year since I’ve been polluting the web with it, you know that one of my very favorite targets is the ridiculous politicization and overt moralization of fandom at which Sox fans seem to excel....
by guest | Apr 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett Last year, the Sox’ most reliable RP was Mike Timlin. This year, it appears to be Jonathan Papelbon. Beyond Timlin in 05 and Papelbon in 06, there’s very little to recommend either collection of relievers. Though this offseason was...
by guest | Apr 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett I was vaguely tempted to title this post “Please Shoot Rudy Seanez”, but it’s a bit early in the season to overreact. Still, this was a winnable game – this was a won game – and to then see it fall to a tie, and be...
by guest | Apr 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett Some combination of seeing recent pictures of David Ortiz looking like he’s about to kill something just to watch it die and a friend sending me this link have geared me toward thinking about the scariest hitters playing the game of baseball...
