Colon Impresses

Bartolo Colon turned in his first rehab assignment of the spring Thursday night at McCoy Stadium and a few first-hand accounts of the performance got my attention. Joe McDonald from the Providence Journal, In his first – and possible only – start for the...

Pitching depth takes a hit

In the offseason, we thought our starting pitching depth was just fine, thank you. We had Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Curt Schilling, Tim Wakefield and Jon Lester. Then the dominoes started falling. Josh Beckett has a sore back and is all but not going to Japan;...

All about the Red Sox

Last night, I participated in a chat over at New England Sports Country. Here are some questions I answered… “Why isn’t Devern Hansack in the equation for #5”? His #’s are worthy . . . in AA and Boston 2006, and AAA 2007 (his 3.61ERA....

Francona extended; Colon signs

The most successful postseason manager in the history of baseball has agreed to a contract extension to stay with the Red Sox through at least 2011. Francona, who has a .710 winning percentage in the playoffs (minimum 20 games), acknowledged that talks got a little...