by mike silver | Dec 4, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Marco Scutaro
As Harold Ramis once said to Seth Rogen in Knocked Up after Seth knocked up his one night stand, “This is a good thing.” It may have looked tragic at the time, but he got a beautiful daughter out of it and even got to spend the night with Katherine Heigl....
by mike silver | Dec 3, 2009 | Billy Wagner, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Felipe Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Placido Polanco
Pedroia to Short? Sometimes, the answer is so obvious that it was staring you in the face the entire time. Well, maybe Pedroia to short isn’t that obvious, but I’m surprised that it took this long for anyone to suggest the move at all, myself included. There are risks...
by mike silver | Dec 1, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays
The winter months always bring to light the advantages of the rich over the poor in the MLB. Without a doubt, there will, again, be a ring of publications bemoaning the struggles of low-market teams as they fight to compete in their league and division. The American...
by mike silver | Nov 27, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Marco Scutaro, Toronto Blue Jays
Though the Red Sox will be seeing plenty of Alex Gonzalez next season, it won’t be in a Red Sox uniform, as their ultimate fail-safe signed on with the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday. It’s never a good sign to see Plan B go off the market – or Plan C/D/F for that...
by mike silver | Nov 26, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Justin Duchscherer, Kelvim Escobar, Tug Hulett
ReHashing 2009 with Kelvim Escobar and Justin Duchscherer In an attempt to rehash the 2009 off-season, the Sox have expressed interest in the dual cautionary tales, Justin Duchscherer and Kelvim Escobar. But the potential moves themselves are somewhat interesting in...