by tbrooks | Sep 17, 2013 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Mark Bellhorn, Mike Napoli
Mike Napoli has struck out 178 times this year. That means 178 times you have used inappropriate language, 178 times you have wondered what would have happened if that wild, powerful swing had just made contact, 178 times you have remembered Mark Bellhorn, and 178...
by tbrooks | Sep 10, 2013 | Boston Media, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, Matt Thorton, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Let’s start here: KNOCK ON WOOD. We are all fully aware that 2011 happened. They peaked at a 9 game lead on September 3. Today, we stand at 7.5 games on September 10. It’s happened before, but in spite of the past, ESPN ranks the Red Sox as a 99.9%...
by tbrooks | Sep 3, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Classy, Michael Young, Ned Coletti, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
On a near weekly basis, we delve into Nick Cafardo’s Mail Bag or Sunday Notes, but this week, we are going to divert a little bit. As if the sports pages of the Boston Globe were not a terrifying enough place, today we are going to enter into the unedited,...
by tbrooks | Aug 27, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Drop some knowledge Nick. Drop it like it’s hot! The Red Sox have decided their righthanded-bat acquisition is going to be Xander Bogaerts. They need help against lefty starters, and Bogaerts, 20 years old, will be the one chosen to help that. Strangely,...
by tbrooks | Aug 20, 2013 | Carl Crawford, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury
You have begun to hear the whispers. “Jacoby Ellsbury is having a better season in 2013 than Carl Crawford did for Tampa Bay in 2010,” the season before he signed the infamous 7 year/$142 million deal. That may or may not be true: Crawford (2010) –...
