by mike scandura | May 18, 2009 | Community post
The league average for contact on balls outside of the strike zone is 62.4%. Josh Beckett’s career average is 53.8%. Currently, he is sporting a shocking 68.8%. There is no good reason why this number is so high besides bad luck. The league batting average for...
by tim daloisio | May 18, 2009 | Community post
First of all, Nick made the team when Julio Lugo and Jed Lowrie went down because he out hit Angel Chavez and Gil Velasquez (not to mention Brad Wilkerson) in ST. Whether Jed or Julio Lugo would have been the starting SS is irrelevant to a discussion of Nick Green,...
by tim daloisio | May 13, 2009 | Community post
>p>Big Papi appeared to be getting his swing back, but got hit hard on the other wrist last nigh, in such a way that I am surprised he is playing. The Sox don’t need another set back with David Ortiz. In theory, if he heads for the DL, and I half expect...
by tim daloisio | May 11, 2009 | Community post
Theo & his crew are constantly searching for ways to improve the team, and I imagine with the health issues of Lugo, Lowrie, Lowell, Youk & Pedroia, his crew is working overtime. I recall the off season hue and cry to trade one or two of the kids (Masterson,...
by samara pearlstein | Apr 29, 2009 | Community post, Jason Varitek
Why would a 37 year old player have a wOBA spike of over 50 points from one season to the next? This is the question people should be asking about Jason Varitek and his surprising start. This is a difficult question to answer because he is getting lucky and unlucky at...
by tim daloisio | Apr 27, 2009 | Community post, New York Yankees
The reverent bias towards the NY Yankees has become automatic and fairly universal. The announcers on ESPN and especially Fox still consider them the Goliath of baseball. This little rant began during the weekend’s Red Sox-Yankee games, in which every...
by tim daloisio | Apr 12, 2009 | Community post
The tragedies of young Angel’s pitcher, Nick Adenhart, and young Giant’s pitcher Joe Martinez created flashbacks of Tony Conigliaro and my childhood hero Harry Agganis. The rythms of life and baseball run parallel, are intertwined, and seem to exist...
by tim daloisio | Apr 5, 2009 | Community post
Our hometown paper, the Jacksonville Times-Union, did a major story listing the pluses and negatives of all Major League teams for 2009. In it, the Red Sox scored 18 of 20 possible points, having the best SP and RP, and tied with the Rays for the best D and Offense,...
by tim daloisio | Apr 4, 2009 | Community post
Julio is on the DL, after an excellent ST in which he showed his old stuff, but is needing rehab following surgery on his miniscus. Dontrelle also showed his old great stuff during ST, but has been sent to the minors to rehab issues “between his ears”...
by tim daloisio | Apr 4, 2009 | Community post
I had difficulty understanding the pervasive concern about the Sox offense in 2009. It seems that with J.D.’s back, Papi & Lowrie’s wrist, and Mike’s hip, media and fans alike started to believe the sky was finally falling. The loss of Manny,...
