by mike scandura | Jun 3, 2012 | Ryan Lavarnway
At face value, it appears catcher Ryan Lavarnway is flying well below the proverbial radar screen when he has a bat in his hand this season. Through his first 41 games, Lavarnway was hitting .268 with two doubles and three home runs plus 17 RBI. A year ago, in his...
by mike scandura | May 30, 2012 | Junichi Tazawa, Lars Anderson, Ross Ohlendorf
File this under the heading of just when you think you’ve seen everything. The Pawtucket Red Sox were nursing a 6-5 lead Tuesday night against the Norfolk Tides entering the last of the fourth. Ryan Lavarnway beat out an infield hit with one out against starter Eddie...
by mike scandura | May 27, 2012 | Alex Wilson
Maybe it wasn’t the equivalent of getting buzzed by a 95-plus fastball, but Pawtucket Red Sox pitcher Alex Wilson was startled when Boston made the decision to convert him from a starter to a reliever. “Actually, I didn’t have an idea,” Wilson said of Boston’s...
by mike scandura | May 20, 2012 | Ben Crockett, Boston Red Sox
There are two coincidences attached to Ben Crockett’s appointment as Boston’s Director of Player Development: Crockett was selected in the 10th round of the 2001 draft by the Red Sox but wound up enrolling at Harvard. A native of Topsfield, Mass. and a star pitcher...
by mike scandura | May 14, 2012 | Junichi Tazawa
File this under the heading of in every cloud there’s a silver lining. The “silver lining” in this case was Monday’s relief outing by Junichi Tazawa even though the Columbus Clippers beat the Pawtucket Red Sox, 5-3, which broke the home team’s five-game winning...
