by sean o | Feb 28, 2009 | Barry Zito, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens
Let me start by saying that the Cy Young award isn’t always rewarded to whomever the best pitcher actually is. Ask Bartolo Colon. After asking Colon, approach Johan Santana, then repeat the question. So anyone that values statistics and places much emphasis on...
by sean o | Feb 25, 2009 | Coco Crisp, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury
“Coco won more games with his glove than Drew won with his bat.” -My Dad, after the 2007 season ended And he was right. In fact, Coco saved more runs in the field than anyone in 2007. The most above a replacement player. And the most above the average...
by sean o | Feb 21, 2009 | Adam Jones, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Edgar Renteria, J.D. Drew, John Henry, Julio Lugo, Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein
John Henry has made his opinion clear… Henry believes that Major League Baseball should implement a salary cap. Or at least seriously explore it. Larry Lucchino shares Henry’s belief on the matter. Do I? I wouldn’t mind it. But when followers of the...
by sean o | Feb 18, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka
Dice K-slash-BB. Not Dice K-slash-Walk ratio. Daisuke Matsuzaka is like no pitcher that I have ever seen. Not to this degree. Not this many appearances. But the entertainment is there. And that is what it is all about when one gets down to it, whether they want to...
by sean o | Feb 14, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett
Forgive me, as I am not trying to exhaust the subjects of Josh Beckett and Jason Varitek. But I have wondered about something for a long time, yet never expressed it within the text of any of the writings I have published. But why exactly did it take so long for Josh...
