by tbrooks | Apr 16, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Ellis Burks, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jackie Robinson, Ken Griffey Jr., Koji Uehara, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Don’t know about you, but I am enjoying the racial speculation in baseball circles that has resulted from this and this. Far be it from me to answer the issues that have lead us to today, but surely we can examine the work of noted sociologist Nick Cafardo as he...
by tbrooks | Apr 9, 2013 | 2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Josh Beckett, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Phil Garner, Reggie Jackson
I had a recent interaction with Pete Abraham of the Globe on Twitter. I enjoy his writing, and am impressed by the frequency of which he connects with Red Sox fans on twitter. On this occasion, he had made a passing remark regarding the crazy questions that Nick...
by tbrooks | Apr 1, 2013 | Boston Red Sox
Nick Cafardo filed a more traditional column this week, and his opinions are kept to a minimum. Of course, when we discover his opinion, it is unsubstantiated and unsupported. Journalism, people! As always, BOLD is Cafardo, standard text is me. A running joke through...
by tbrooks | Mar 26, 2013 | Adam Lind, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Morrow, Casey Janssen, Colby Rasmus, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, R.A. Dickey, Sergio Santos, Tony LaRussa, Toronto Blue Jays
Is it ok to admit to loving the early 90’s Blue Jays? In particular, I loved to play with their team on Ken Griffey, Jr Major League Baseball on the Super Nintendo. Rickey Henderson, Roberto Alomar, John Olerud, Joe Carter, Duane Ward, Pat Hentgen, etc. (or at least...
by tbrooks | Mar 19, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
You are not going to believe me, so I am going to provide the evidence. But here goes: the man that the Boston Globe asks to rank the MLB managers last year, at one point, ranked Bobby Valentine as the fourth best manager in the season. Yes, I remember that the Red...
