by samara pearlstein | Jan 10, 2009 | Community post, Jeff Bailey, Mark Kotsay
Theo Epstein is a very good general manager. His knowledge of baseball goes far beyond my own. That being said, what was he thinking signing Mark Kotsay? The idea that Kotsay improves this team is completely ridiculous. Jeff Bailey, the often forgotten about farm...
by samara pearlstein | Nov 29, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Community post
Amazed I was, in comparing A.J. Burnett’s 2008 breakout year stats against the rest of the Red Sox rotation, to find that A.J. would probably rank as the #4 starting pitcher at Fenway, while earning 2x – 40x more than the rest. Following are what curiosity...
by samara pearlstein | Nov 16, 2008 | Community post
A theory that the Sox lineup so urgently needs more pop that they would bet the ranch on Mark Teixeira or Matt Holliday is, IMO, just plain wrong. Acquiring Teix, or Matt (who Billy B. could resurface at any time) is a not a terrible plan, might be a good plan, but is...
by samara pearlstein | Oct 13, 2008 | 2008 ALCS
The funny is not happening right now, guys. This series is just freaking me out too much: Rays! scary! unpredictable! Longorian evils! mohawks! aargh! So in lieu of the usual bad Terrible Cartoons jokes, instead you get a series of Terrible Cartoons sketch cards of...
by samara pearlstein | Oct 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
Nothing complicated behind this one. Six things to worry about in the playoffs right now. 1. Jonathan Papelbon loses his voice from screaming so much and thus cannot effectively scream after pitches. 2. Mike Lowell’s hip. 3. Jason Bay suddenly realizes that...
