by mike silver | Dec 7, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post, Scott Atchison
The Sox signed Scott Atchison from Japan this morning, returning the former major leaguer to North America. Atchison received a one-year contract, with two club options. Atchison last pitched in the MLB in 2007 for the Giants, posting a 4.11 ERA and 4.80 FIP in 30.2...
by mike silver | Dec 4, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Marco Scutaro
As Harold Ramis once said to Seth Rogen in Knocked Up after Seth knocked up his one night stand, “This is a good thing.” It may have looked tragic at the time, but he got a beautiful daughter out of it and even got to spend the night with Katherine Heigl....
by mike silver | Dec 3, 2009 | Billy Wagner, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Felipe Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Placido Polanco
Pedroia to Short? Sometimes, the answer is so obvious that it was staring you in the face the entire time. Well, maybe Pedroia to short isn’t that obvious, but I’m surprised that it took this long for anyone to suggest the move at all, myself included. There are risks...
by mike silver | Dec 1, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays
The winter months always bring to light the advantages of the rich over the poor in the MLB. Without a doubt, there will, again, be a ring of publications bemoaning the struggles of low-market teams as they fight to compete in their league and division. The American...
by mike silver | Nov 27, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Marco Scutaro, Toronto Blue Jays
Though the Red Sox will be seeing plenty of Alex Gonzalez next season, it won’t be in a Red Sox uniform, as their ultimate fail-safe signed on with the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday. It’s never a good sign to see Plan B go off the market – or Plan C/D/F for that...
by mike silver | Nov 26, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Justin Duchscherer, Kelvim Escobar, Tug Hulett
ReHashing 2009 with Kelvim Escobar and Justin Duchscherer In an attempt to rehash the 2009 off-season, the Sox have expressed interest in the dual cautionary tales, Justin Duchscherer and Kelvim Escobar. But the potential moves themselves are somewhat interesting in...
by mike silver | Nov 24, 2009 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Chone Figgins, Mike Lowell
As the hot stove whisperings grow louder, the eyes of the Boston powers have shifted to Mike Lowell. Rumors have been building in strength over the last few weeks surrounding the future of the third baseman within the Sox’ organization. Growing in popularity...
by mike silver | Nov 20, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Bud Selig, Jason Bay, Mark Teixeira, Uncategorized
Yesterday, ESPN’s Rob Neyer published an article quoting Commisioner Bud Selig’s thoughts concerning the current state of baseball economics. Says Selig, Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners...
by mike silver | Nov 17, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, John Henry, Theo Epstein
Sure, this is a Red Sox site, not a Patriots one. But, we would be remiss if we ignored the lessons of the greater Boston sports community for lack of a baseball diamond. Whether or not you agree with Belichick’s 4th and 2 call is irrelevant. The interesting part of...
by mike silver | Nov 12, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Hideki Matsui, Jason Varitek
Hideki Matsui as a Red Sock? (Left: While not the best “action shot” out there on Matsui, it would offend our sense of decency to have pictures of Yankees high-fiving or trotting around the bases on our site. Therefore, we felt a picture of Matsui being...
