by mike edelman | Sep 18, 2007 | Alex Cora, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Eric Hinske, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
Okay, I wouldn’t say “too close for comfort,” but after last night I have an uneasy feeling. Last night’s game was just a lackluster performance all the way around. Tim Wakefield’s knuckler didn’t have a lot of bite, resulting in a...
by mike edelman | Sep 15, 2007 | C.C. Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang, Dan Haren, Erik Bedard, Fausto Carmona, Joe Blanton, Johan Santana, John Lackey, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Mark Buehrle, Roy Halladay
Josh Beckett has had, undeniably, a season for the ages. He is tied for the Major League lead with eighteen wins and has a 3.27 ERA. This is the type of work we were expecting when we traded future superstar Hanley Ramirez for him and gave him his multi-year extension...
by mike edelman | Sep 12, 2007 | C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Curt Schilling, Detroit Tigers, Fausto Carmona, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tim Wakefield
The National League playoffs situation is still a muddy picture, as pretty much the entire NL West is still battling, the Phillies are still in the Wild Card situation and the Central is looking like a winner-take-all race to the finish between the Cubs and the...
by mike edelman | Sep 8, 2007 | Jacoby Ellsbury
One of the dominant discussions Red Sox fan are having these days is about the long-term prospects of Jacoby Ellsbury. Especially with the worrisome underperformance of J.D. Drew and the failure of the Wily Mo Pena experiment, the Red Sox outfield situation looks...
by mike edelman | Sep 5, 2007 | Clay Buchholz, Phil Hughes
As a Red Sox fan, it is never truly possible to breathe easy. Even being as we are, at a point where no team since the divisional realignment has ever failed to make the playoffs, we will constantly watch over our shoulders at the Yankees. Since it is entirely...
