by mike edelman | Mar 19, 2008 | Akinori Iwamura, Al Reyes, Andrew Friedman, Andy Sonnanstine, B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Dioner Navarro, Edwin Jackson, Evan Longoria, Gary Glover, James Shields, Jason Bartlett, Joe Maddon, Jonny Gomes, Know Thy Enemy, Rocco Baldelli, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays, Troy Percival
When you’ve finished nine of the ten seasons in your franchise’s history in last place of your division and you’ve only cracked the 70 win mark once, maybe a change of name serves to help wipe that slate clean. At least the Tampa Bay Rays and their...
by mike edelman | Mar 14, 2008 | Spring Training
Baseball, and specifically the Red Sox, are an all out obsession of mine for two hundred and ten or so days of the year, starting with the first pitch around April 1st and ending, with any luck, as I carve pumpkins in October. Stepping out of my own skin for a second...
by mike edelman | Mar 11, 2008 | Jon Lester
Traditionally a team’s Opening Day starter is their ace, the pitcher who will deal, pitch for pitch, with the opponents best arms week in and week out throughout the season; pitchers like Johan Santana of the New York Mets. Today against the same pitcher he was...
by mike edelman | Mar 9, 2008 | Coco Crisp
Nothing like waking up to some fresh rumors on a cold Sunday morning. Our friends at MVN’s Cub Reporter are reporting on radio reports in Chicago that there is talk of sending Coco Crisp to Chicago for pitcher Jason Marquis and outfielder Sam Fuld (who hails...
by mike edelman | Mar 8, 2008 | Josh Beckett
While rain clouds pounded New England, a cloud of uncertainty fell of Fort Myers today as Josh Beckett was a late scratch from his Spring Training start this afternoon. Beckett was throwing his pre-game warm up pitches, when his plant foot slipped wrenching his back....
