by tito crafts | May 11, 2009 | Jason Bay, Quick Post
I will just come out and say it. Jason Bay is playing well, really well. And Jason Bay is in his contract year. Now, I’m not suggesting that is why Bay is playing so well. And I do not think that Bay will kill the ball like this, all season long. Actually the...
by tito crafts | May 9, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Joba Chamberlain, John Smoltz, Michael Bowden
At least on this team, Justin Masterson should be in the bullpen. At least after good health returns to the rotation as a whole (Daisuke, Smoltz). This isn’t a Joba debate either. The Yankees could very well use a dominant reliever. And even with that said,...
by tito crafts | May 4, 2009 | Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Quick Post
Ok, our two supposed “aces,” it would be a great time to pitch well. Starting tonight, the Red Sox face-off with the Yankees, as you may have heard. And the Bronx Bombers happen to have drawn our top two starters. Lester tonight. Beckett tomorrow. It...
by tito crafts | May 2, 2009 | Curt Schilling, George Kottaras, Grady Sizemore, Greg Maddux, Hanley Ramirez, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez
Do you? Do you remember 2007? Where Beckett made Hanley Ramirez an after-thought? Post-2007, Hanley was merely Khalil Greene in the eyes of Red Sox fans. Maybe not Khalil, but you get my point, right? What Beckett did was incredible. We didn’t actually think...
by tito crafts | Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Rather primitive, but this is why the team scores runs year in and year out. The more runners on, the greater the chance of scoring. Pretty simple, right? But this is nothing new to us. Still though, the old school way of thinking seems to dismiss this at times. ...