by chipbuck | Oct 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Nick Cafardo’s mailbag is one of my favorite weekly treats with few other things giving me so much joy, so much grief, and so many palms to the face. To put it kindly, it’s one of the biggest cornucopia of WTF one’s likely to come across. One...
by chipbuck | Oct 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
As I’m sure most of you have already heard, Jon Lester broke his silence on Monday when he gave a lengthy interview discussing the details of what occurred in the clubhouse this season. While a few of his admissions came off as less than favorable to some, I...
by charliesap | Oct 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post, Theo Epstein, Trey McNutt
As you have probably heard, the Red Sox brass reportedly asked for starting pitcher Matt Garza in exchange for the services of Theo Epstein. My first reaction was to laugh a little, but then I thought, “Man, that takes a set of balls to ask for Garza…and I...
by charliesap | Oct 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Kevin Youkilis, Poll, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
A tornado ripped through the streets of Boston this past week and it wasn’t made by mother nature. Gone are the Red Sox manager and GM (supposedly). The dirty laundry is hanging from the rafters of Fenway Park and no one, it seems, is safe. The front office has...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Tim Wakefield
There has been a lot of talk about how bad the September pitching was and a lot of blame has been placed on the “fried chicken and beer” theory, but 2011 came down to a lack of pitchers making healthy starts. In September the Red Sox staff had 14.2...
by scandage | Oct 16, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
With my brain more jumbled than a Peter Gammons butt tweet, it’s hard to process the events of the past three weeks at 4 Yawkey Way. However, the future waits for no one, so it’s time to look forward to 2012. Future General Manager Ben Cherington will be...
by aconvery | Oct 15, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish
J.D. Drew will be forgotten. His number won’t be retired. A statue of commemoration will never stand outside Fenway Park. We might mumble something about his grand slam to our grandchildren. The history books will mark him as the right fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
by chipbuck | Oct 14, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Josh Beckett
When the Red Sox completed their 7-20 September collapse, and missed out on a once-certain playoff berth; it was pretty clear that a few heads would roll. Now, a little over two weeks later, former manager Terry Francona and ownership have “mutually”...
by charliesap | Oct 13, 2011 | Andrew Cashner, Boston Red Sox, Brett Jackson, Sean Marshall, Trey McNutt
The deal is reportedly in place. Theo Epstein, who helped to bring two World Series titles to Boston in his nine seasons with the club, has agreed to join the Chicago Cubs in a prominent front office role, likely giving him more power than what he had in Boston. The...
by chipbuck | Oct 12, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Last night, Bob Hohler of the Boston Globe released a story that’s sure to grab ahold of the Red Sox news cycle (non-Theo division) for at least the remainder of the week. While we’ve heard the stories about the growing rift between Kevin Youkilis and...
