by tbrooks | Aug 13, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Manny Machado, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Have you noticed how terrible Disney Princess stories are? Take The Little Mermaid, for example. Bratty, entitled girl has everything under the sea, literally, yet sings about how she “wants more!” Guess what? She gets more – and it leads to happily...
by tbrooks | Aug 6, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Not sure if you have heard, but the owner of the Red Sox is now the owner of The Boston Globe. This has got some writers concerned about what the future of coverage of the team concerned. As to John Henry buying the Globe, been told we’ll cover the team the same...
by tbrooks | Jul 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Jake Peavy, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Xander Bogaerts
Nick Cafardo knows how to fix the Red Sox. But, let’s wait just a minute before we get there. First, let us consider what he and his magical MLB sources think about the Red Sox biggest 2013 AL East rivals: The Tampa Bay Rays. What does Cafardo think they need to...
by tbrooks | Jul 23, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Devin Marrero, Garin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
With C.C. Sabathia on the mound, Jose Iglesias dropped a cheeky bunt that landed between Robinson Cano, Lyle Overbay, and C.C. It was, no doubt, a brilliant bunt that was perfectly placed. It was also indicative of who Jose Iglesias is as a hitter. On a night when...
by tbrooks | Jul 16, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Michael Young, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
No, really. Nick Cafardo, in his weekly mail bag, said “The Red Sox are definitely in a state of need at the moment.” And that is not to say that anyone thinks that this team is perfect – the 1998 Yankees they are not – but you would have given...
