by scandage | Oct 4, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, John Farrell, Kevin Youkilis, Toronto Blue Jays
According to Tom Caron, the Red Sox have fired manager Bobby Valentine. Hired on November 21, 2011 after a disastrous end to the 2011 season, Valentine was a controversial hire due to his combative nature and reputation as not being a players’ manager....
by huntergolden | Oct 3, 2012 | Adam LaRoche, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Lee, Carlos Pena, Ike Davis, Jackie Bradley, Lance Berkman, Mike Napoli, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
<img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3591/3511476027_eb4275a6eb.jpg" alt=""The Boston Red Sox will head into the offseason today with a rather lengthy ‘to do’ list in front of them. Not only will the team be...
by scandage | Oct 2, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
We now have a seven-way tie for first place, everyone with one point. The first to two points wins the prize! Those without any points can still try to win the prize. Here’s the next question… hope you get it! Question: Who is the Red Sox career leader in...
by chipbuck | Oct 2, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester
First, allow me to apologize for the tardiness of today’s rather short piece. A crazy day at work created a crazier than expected evening. Certainly, I had much grander plans for my piece today. Alas, that will have to wait for another day. Still, I thought...
by scandage | Oct 1, 2012 | Alex Rodriguez, Andrew Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brad Meyers, C.C. Sabathia, Cesar Cabral, Clay Buchholz, Clay Rapada, Cody Ross, Craig Breslow, Curtis Granderson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Danny Valencia, David Phelps, David Robertson, Derek Jeter, Derek Lowe, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Chavez, Felix Doubront, Hiroki Kuroda, Ichiro Suzuki, Ivan Nova, James Loney, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jayson Nix, John Lackey, Jose Iglesias, Junichi Tazawa, Mariano Rivera, Mark Melancon, Mark Teixeira, Mauro Gomez, Michael Pineda, Mike Aviles, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Pedro Beato, Pedro Ciriaco, Pedro Feliciano, Rafael Soriano, Raul Ibanez, Rich Hill, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, Ryan Lavarnway, Scott Atchison
After being swept at the hands of the Orioles, the Boston Red Sox (69-90, 23 games behind in the AL East) jump on the Acela Express to New York City for their final series of the season against the New York Yankees (92-67, tied for first in the AL East and in the AL...
by scandage | Oct 1, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Allen Webster, Andrew Miller, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, Rubby de la Rosa
There are enough complaints to go around regarding the state of Red Sox with regard to pitching. Self-flagellation used to be (and currently is) a raison d’etre for Red Sox Nation, but I’d like to take a step back (as Brandon Stewart did) and look at the...
by aconvery | Oct 1, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Some thoughts while being hopelessly optimistic that the Sox force the Yankees into a one-game playoff against Oakland (and lose on a Josh Reddick home run): At this point, Jose Iglesias has to be the starting shortstop on Opening Day next year. Even though he’s only...
by brandwon stewart | Sep 30, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Kevin Youkilis, Pedro Ciriaco, Will Middlebrooks
What positives can be drawn from the third season of the Red Sox regressive decline into a “protected pick team”? We finally have a new franchise changing manager? no. We are just one arm or one bat short of making it back? no. In the end, it boils down...
by scandage | Sep 29, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bob McClure, Boston Red Sox, Brad Mills, Dustin Pedroia, Franklin Morales, Gary Tuck, Gene Lamont, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Kevin Youkilis, Larry Lucchino, Pedro Ciriaco, Randy Niemann, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein, Tim Bogar, Will Middlebrooks
By now it seems a foregone conclusion that the Red Sox will fire Bobby Valentine at the end of this season. Ben Cherington all but admitted that it would occur in a recent interview on WEEI, although he walked back the comment later that day. Although Bobby V’s...
by scandage | Sep 28, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Adam Jones, Andrew Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brian Matusz, Brian Roberts, Chris Davis, Chris Tillman, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Darren O'Day, Endy Chavez, Felix Doubront, J.J. Hardy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Hammel, Jim Johnson, Jim Thome, Junichi Tazawa, Lew Ford, Luis Ayala, Manny Machado, Mark Melancon, Mark Reynolds, Matt Lindstrom, Matt Wieters, Mauro Gomez, Nate McLouth, Nick Johnson, Nick Markakis, Nolan Reimold, Pedro Strop, Randy Wolf, Rich Hill, Robert Andino, Ryan Flaherty, Scott Atchison, Steve Johnson, Stuart Pomeranz, Troy Patton, Tsuyoshi Wada, Wilson Betemit, Zach Stewart
After losing both of their final home games, the tied-for-last Boston Red Sox (69-87, 21 games back in the AL East) travel to Camden Yards for their penultimate series of the year against the Baltimore Orioles (89-67, 1 game back in the AL East, leading the AL Wild...
