2007 June: Skidding

Well, June was a rough month. We ended the month at 12-13, a game below .500 … but no AL East foe had the stones to step up and take advantage. The Sox saw a lot of people flounder: Beckett, Cora, Lowell, Schilling, Youkilis, Lugo, Wily Mo, Timlin, Varitek,...

Tito Pulls the Trigger

After a week of deliberation (by his own admission), Sox skipper Terry Francona finally pulled the trigger on shuffling the lineup to better reflect the offensive output on the season thus far. The only question is; what took so long? I was starting to think it might...

10 Reasons To Love Dustin Pedroia

10. You have to admit, Pedroia is eerily similar to what a love child between Jeff Frye and Jody Reed would grow up to be. For those of you who forget, both Frye and Reed shared Dustin’s lack of stature, all three standing a rather puny 5’9″. Further...

Sox Draft Forecast Looking Cloudy

The 2007 MLB First Year Player Draft will go down in history as a banner year for the event. For the first time since its inception, the draft will be televised. ESPN2 will be running coverage and most of the avid baseball fans on the planet are rejoicing that this...

2007 May: Hot, hot, hot

The month of May was good to the Red Sox. The Red Sox went 20-8 despite many people slumping. It’s quite impressive how well the team is playing despite those slumps. This month also saw several people come up from the minors to contribute: Javier Lopez, Kason...

Farm system producing a good harvest

The Red Sox farm system is currently overflowing with an embarrassment of riches. There are already 4 products of the Red Sox farm system contributing to the major league team. Those players are Kevin Youkilis, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen and Dustin Pedroia....