by domara | Oct 3, 2014 | Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Chris Iannetta, David Freese, David Ortiz, Greg Holland, Jason Vargas, Jered Weaver, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Moustakas, Omar Infante, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
Fresh off their exciting extra inning victory over the Athletics in the American League Wild Card game, the Royals kicked off the American League Divisional Series against the Anaheim Angels. College teammates and future offseason vacation buddies, Jered Weaver and...
by bcowett | Jul 13, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Griffin, Alex Wilson, Bartolo Colon, Billy Beane, Brandon Moss, Brandon Workman, Brett Anderson, Chris Young, Derek Norris, Eric Sogard, Jarrod Parker, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Donaldson, Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics, Seth Smith, Yoenis Cespedes
Your friendly neighborhood advanced scout took a day off to bask in the glory that was The Greatest Starting Pitcher In The History Of Baseball starting for a night. But I must get back to work. So. Billy Beane. Sabermetrics. A movie based ever so loosely on 2002....
by tbrooks | Apr 23, 2013 | Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Iglesias, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Pete Abraham, The Boston Globe, Theo Epstein
(Key – BOLD – Reader Questions, Italics – Nick Cafardo, Stadard – My response) With the Red Sox off to a good start, there’s a better feeling about the team.We do have some lament about Jose Iglesias being returned to Pawtucket, but there are...
by bcowett | Apr 22, 2013 | Allen Webster, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Moss, Joel Hanrahan, Jose Iglesias, Josh Reddick, Mike Napoli, Oakland A's, Oakland Athletics, Stephen Drew, Theo Epstein, Xander Bogearts
“Things always end badly. Otherwise they’d never end.” That quote, while perfectly relatable to the end of the winning streak, is also the only reason to mention the horrible movie Cocktail. Defense always seems to only be a problem when someone...
by bcowett | Feb 13, 2013 | Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, John Henry, Oakland Athletics
This is the first season in a long while where I truly don’t know how good the Red Sox will be. It’s kind of…exhilarating, not having such high expectations this time. Like anything could happen. There will be a time when the Red Sox will return to...
by jkeller | Jan 31, 2013 | Bill Mueller, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Johnny Damon, Jonny Gomes, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Millar, Larry Lucchino, Manny Ramirez, Mike Napoli, Nomar Garciaparra, Oakland Athletics, Rob Deer, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Todd Walker, Trot Nixon, Will Middlebrooks
Part 1: The Pitchers Part 2: The Batters Part 3: The League (2/7) The same disclaimers apply: 1) Please feel free to bookmark them and come back later in September/October to see how I did — you know that if I hit on a few you’re going to hear about it. 2)...
by scandage | Aug 31, 2012 | A.J. Griffin, Aaron Cook, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Carignan, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Inge, Brandon McCarthy, Brandon Moss, Brett Anderson, Chris Carter, Cliff Pennington, Coco Crisp, Craig Breslow, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Damaso Marte, Derek Norris, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Sogard, Evan Scribner, Felix Doubront, Grant Balfour, James Loney, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jerry Blevins, Joey Devine, Jon Lester, Jordan Norberto, Jose Iglesias, Josh Donaldson, Josh Reddick, Junichi Tazawa, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Oakland Athletics, Pat Neshek, Pedro Ciriaco, Ryan Cook, Ryan Lavarnway, Scott Sizemore, Sean Doolittle, Seth Smith, Stephen Drew, Tommy Milone, Travis Blackley, Vicente Padilla, Yoenis Cespedes
After getting swept by the Angels, the Boston Red Sox (62-70, 14 games back in the AL East) travel north on their final West Coast trip of the season to take on the Oakland Athletics (73-57, 4 games back in the AL West). The Athletics are 8-2 in their last 10 and have...
by scandage | Jul 2, 2012 | A.J. Griffin, Aaron Cook, Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew Carignan, Bartolo Colon, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Hicks, Brandon Inge, Brandon McCarthy, Brandon Moss, Brent Lillibridge, Brett Anderson, Brian Fuentes, Chris Carter, Cliff Pennington, Coco Crisp, Cody Ross, Colin Cowgill, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dallas Braden, David Ortiz, Derek Norris, Franklin Morales, Jarrod Parker, Jemile Weeks, Jim Miller, Joey Devine, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Josh Reddick, Kurt Suzuki, Matt Albers, Nick Punto, Oakland Athletics, Ryan Cook, Scott Sizemore, Seattle Mariners, Seth Smith, Vicente Padilla, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
Having earned a split against the surprisingly tough Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox (42-37, 6-4 in the last 10 games) travel to Oakland for a three-game set against the Athletics (38-42, 4-6 in the last 10 games). Billy Beane has always loved young pitchers and...
