by huntergolden | Jan 23, 2013 | Adrian Gonzalez, Bill James, Bo Jackson, Mike Napoli
So our long, national nightmare is finally over, with Mike Napoli inking a 1-year, $5 million deal that will make him a Boston Red Sox for the 2013 season. While some folks seem to be quite happy with the news, others are treading more cautiously – especially with...
by huntergolden | Jan 16, 2013 | Adrian Gonzalez, Ben Cherington, Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Dan Wheeler, Liverpool FC, Matt Albers, Shank, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
So today Houghton Mifflin released several excerpts from Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy’s new book “Francona: The Red Sox Years” which is due to hit shelves in a few days and my oh my, what a stir it caused. Well, not really. Things like owners being worried about...
by huntergolden | Jan 9, 2013 | Barry Bonds, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Writer's Association of America, Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame Induction 2013
Perhaps the most irritating part of the great steroid ‘debate’ in baseball has been my realization that as the years go by, the less the conversation stays focused on the players and what they did or didn’t do. Instead, it’s gradually disintegrated into a platform for...
by huntergolden | Jan 2, 2013 | Ben Cherington, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joel Hanrahan, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Koji Uehara, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Stephen Drew
The Red Sox set out to do a lot of things this offseason, but from the brunt of their moves, it appears their priorities were as follows: 1.) Field a competitive team in the short term 2.) Don’t give up draft picks 3.) Retain priority prospects 4.) Maintain payroll...
by huntergolden | Dec 19, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox finally addressed their starting pitching problem last week by inking veteran RHP Ryan Dempster to a 2 year, $26.5 million deal. While most people more or less expected the Red Sox to grab a pitcher on a similar contract to the one Dempster got, the...
