by Troy Patterson | Aug 29, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox
When the Red Sox added Adrian Gonzalez this offseason I made a small disclaimer that his output would be similar to Adrian Beltre in 2010 in terms of WAR. They do it a bit differently, but so far that looks about right. Gonzalez is obviously a better player going...
by aconvery | Aug 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics (60-72) @ Boston Red Sox (81-51) Graham Godfrey (1-1, 4.24) @ Erik Bedard (4-9, 3.57) 5:00 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Floods in the concourse. Trash littered across the bleachers. A healthy Erik...
by aconvery | Aug 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics (60-71) @ Boston Red Sox (80-51) Guillerm0 Moscoso(6-7, 3.28) @ Jon Lester (13-6, 3.16) 12:00 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Darnell McDonald pitched the ninth inning. That’s about all you need...
by aconvery | Aug 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics (59-71) @ Boston Red Sox (80-50) Tim Wakefield (6-5, 4.97) @ Gio Gonzalez (10-11, 3.24) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Tim Wakefield is at it again. You know what they say, the seventh...
by chipbuck | Aug 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Before I begin, I have to let you know that I have no ill will toward the Boston Globe. In fact, I enjoy pretty much everything I read by Peter Abraham, Nick Carfardo, and Chad Finn. Unfortunately, there are certain writers (cough* CHB *cough) on their staff that...
by aconvery | Aug 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox (79-50) @ Texas Rangers (74-57) Andrew Miller(5-1, 4.99) @ Alexi Ogando (12-5, 3.30) 8:05 PM EDT | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington (Arlington, TX) TV: NESN, MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Andrew Miller is quite the enigma. After looking like...
by charliesap | Aug 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10487" style="margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" title="24 runs scored, seven runs allowed in the last two days. Not even John Lackey (obligatory cheap shot!) can put a damper on those numbers....
by aconvery | Aug 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox (78-50) @ Texas Rangers (74-56) Josh Beckett (10-5, 2.46) @ Matt Harrison (10-8, 3.28) 7:00 PM EDT | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington (Arlington, TX) TV: NESN, ESPN2 RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Red Sox played their first three games of the...
by chipbuck | Aug 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dan Wheeler, Matt Albers
A few nights ago, I had another ill-advised argument regarding Matt Albers on Twitter with a certain Baseball Tonight anchor who shall remain nameless. It wasn’t pretty. Unlike last time, I won’t give you a play-by-play because quite frankly, we both came...
by aconvery | Aug 23, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox (77-49) @ Texas Rangers (74-55) John Lackey (11-9, 6.02) @ Colby Lewis (11-8, 3.83) 8:05 PM EDT | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington (Arlington, TX) TV: NESN, MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Terry Francona probably didn’t sleep last night,...