by evan brunell | Mar 5, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Personnel, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays
As the advent of spring training games are upon us, I thought I’d kick off everyone’s favorite little exercise by providing my own personal predictions as to how I think the season will shake out. Now, before I do so, a word of caution: predictions can...
by evan brunell | Jan 12, 2009 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Miguel Montero, Theo Epstein
The Boston Red Sox have made a few sensational low-cost, high-reward moves lately, bringing in Rocco Baldelli, Brad Penny, Takashi Saito and John Smoltz. This has led several people to posit that the Red Sox may now be more amenable to dealing Michael Bowden, Clay...
by zach hayes | Jun 25, 2008 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Game Threads, Randy Johnson, Tim Wakefield
Prev. Gm: Arizona Diamondbacks (40-38) @ Boston Red Sox (48-32) Randy Johnson (4-5, 5.09) @ Tim Wakefield (4-5, 4.17) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN/ESPN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Red Sox and D'Backs finish off a fiercely contested...
by zach hayes | Jun 24, 2008 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Doug Davis, Game Threads
Prev. Gm: Arizona Diamondbacks (40-37) @ Boston Red Sox (47-32) Doug Davis (2-3, 3.65) @ Justin Masterson (4-1, 3.00) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Today is Jerry Remy Day on NESN at Fenway Park and what better...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 23, 2008 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Dan Haren, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett
Dan Haren went 7 innings and only surrendered two hits as the Red Sox have now dropped three out of their four home games losing to the D-Backs 2-1. J.D. Drew had the only RBI for Boston in the eighth hitting a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1. Josh Beckett went 8...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 23, 2008 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Dan Haren, Game Threads, Josh Beckett
Prev. Gm: Arizona Diamondbacks (44-32) @ Boston Red Sox (39-37) Dan Haren (7-4, 3.26) @ Josh Beckett (7-4, 3.87) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN/TBSRADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: We'll see if we can dodge the raindrops for this excellent...
by evan brunell | Dec 18, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Micah Owings
It’s time for the National League to get out of the dark ages and wake up! Wake up to the fact that chicks dig the long ball, players dig cash and audiences dig high scores. There is an inherent beauty in a 1-0 game, but a lot more people will tune in and pay...
by evan brunell | Nov 23, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Deaths, Joe Kennedy, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays
Our condolences go out to Joe Kennedy’s family for their loss. Kennedy, 28, came up with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2001 and in his first two years, looked to be a promising young starter for them. The wheels fell off in 2003, however, and he went to Colorado,...
by shawn medeiros | Nov 19, 2007 | Adam LaRoche, Arizona Diamondbacks, Ben Broussard, Bobby Kielty, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Moss, Clay Buchholz, Doug Mientkiewicz, Free Agency, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jose Vidro, Lars Anderson, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Teixeira, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Lowell, Mike Piazza, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Richie Sexson, Ryan Klesko, Scott Boras, Todd Helton, Trades
Editor’s Note: Sorry this post is late, got caught in a central Pennsylvania snowstorm on the way home from Philadelphia last night. Costello: Well then who’s on first? Abbott: Yes. Costello: I mean the fellow’s name. Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy...
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...
