by charliesap | Jan 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Ryan Lavarnway
“If there are any Red Sox management here, you cannot let ‘Tek go. You have to keep him in Boston. He was our head, our captain. He should retire as a member of the Red Sox, and never leave.” That was the quote from Red Sox great Pedro Martinez as...
by chipbuck | Jan 13, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame
On Monday afternoon, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that former Cincinnati Reds shortstop, Barry Larkin, had been elected into the Cooperstown museum, receiving 86% of the vote. It was Larkin’s third year on the ballot, and quite honestly, he should have...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 12, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Boston Red Sox
The signing of Aaron Cook was largely seen as a move that would not effect the major league roster, but if next year has injury troubles anything close to what happened last year it’s a lock he does. His contract is worth $1.5 million if he is on the major...
by chipbuck | Jan 11, 2012 | Bobby Grich, Boston Red Sox, Dick Allen, Dwight Evans, Lou Whitaker, Roberto Alomar
Hall of Fame election time does strange things to a lot of baseball fans. Rather than focusing on the here and now, we step back to reflect back on players of our past. We research, study, and re-evaluate. We uncover hidden gems we never truly appreciated, and...
by aconvery | Jan 10, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The date is September 27th. The Red Sox don’t know it, but in less than twenty-four hours they will lose 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles, completing the greatest collapse in baseball history. With the possibility of a one game playoff looming with Tampa Bay, and with Jon...
by chipbuck | Jan 9, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Boston Red Sox
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Red Sox have signed former Colorado Rockies starting pitcher, Aaron Cook, to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. The agreement will be final pending a physical. Primarily a sinkerball pitcher, Cook has...
by charliesap | Jan 8, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Erik Bedard, Rich Harden
Rich Harden — whom the Sox almost traded for at last season’s deadline — hasn’t thrown over 150 big league innings in a season since 2004. He hasn’t posted a sub-four ERA since 2008 and he’s a fly-ball pitcher who’s home run...
by aconvery | Jan 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Big market teams have obvious luxuries. They can sign A-level free agents like Carl Crawford and John Lackey (wait…). They can make high profile trades right before the deadline in July, for players like Jason Bay and Victor Martinez. Yet, one of the greatest...
by chipbuck | Jan 6, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro
Most days, I really love to roll up my sleeves, do some research, and provide some deep, thoughtful analysis on the Red Sox. Today, is not one of those days. Instead, I’m feeling a bit snarky…a little saucy or sassy even. That’s what made the...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 5, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
So much of the offseason has been spent awaiting the Red Sox moves to sure up the back of the rotation with so far only Daniel Bard and Alfredo Aceves being options to move out of the pen. It’s been assumed that Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz will be...
