by zach hayes | Aug 20, 2007 | Alex Cora, Bobby Kielty, Doug Mirabelli, Eric Hinske, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Joe McEwing, Wily Mo Pena
The Red Sox bench has been a source of disappointment thus far this season. Before the year began, we expected the Red Sox to hold a bench very capable of getting the job done. Wily Mo Pena was coming off a .301/.349/.489 season and everyone, including Francona...
by zach hayes | Aug 9, 2007 | Barry Bonds, Bonds/Steroids, San Francisco Giants
With one swing of the bat, the sanctity and cleanliness of sports’ most cherished record vanished. Like a cannonball, Barry Bonds 756th home run rocketed off his bat and fell into the sixth row of the right-center field bleachers at SBC Park in San Francisco. A...
by zach hayes | Aug 2, 2007 | Bobby Kielty, Theo Epstein, Wily Mo Pena
Watching another painful Wily Mo Pena at-bat tonight in the Red Sox-Orioles contest, MASN announcer Gary Thorne, who is normally an inconsiderate half-witted idiot, shoved this quote down my throat:
by zach hayes | Jul 30, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Eric Gagne, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mark Teixeira, Morgan Ensberg, New York Yankees, Octavio Dotel, Texas Rangers, Theo Epstein
Other than Opening Day, unquestionably my favorite day of the regular season occurs on the last day of July. The trading deadline brings rumors to fruition, anticipation and anxiety to new levels and the constant refreshing of sites like MLB Trade Rumors and Rotoworld...
by zach hayes | Jul 29, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays
JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-7, 3.79) @ Scott Kazmir (7-7, 4.02) Boston Red Sox (64-40) @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays (38-65) 1:40 PM EDT at Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680, WROL (Sp.) AL EAST GAMES: NYY @ BAL l TOR @ CWS...