by jreilly | Jul 7, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brooks Baseball, Dustin Pedroia, fWAR, Greg Maddux, John Lackey, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, OPS, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, Xander Bogaerts
Maybe you are one of the optimistic Red Sox fans who believes this 2014 team has a second half run in them. You argue that despite being a season worst ten games under .500, the team is actually only nine games out of first place. You remind your fellow fans that...
by jreilly | Feb 2, 2013 | Alex Cora, Alex Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, Edgar Renteria, Greg Maddux, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Johnny Damon, Jose Iglesias, Julio Lugo, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Green, Nomar Garciaparra, Orlando Cabrera, Stephen Drew, Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, Xander Bogaerts
My plan last week was to write an article on Boston Red Sox shortstop attrition since the departure of Nomar Garciaparra, but as I began writing about Nomar nostalgia got the best of me and it turned into a Nomar love fest. Thus, this Saturday morning piece will be...
by tito crafts | May 2, 2009 | Curt Schilling, George Kottaras, Grady Sizemore, Greg Maddux, Hanley Ramirez, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez
Do you? Do you remember 2007? Where Beckett made Hanley Ramirez an after-thought? Post-2007, Hanley was merely Khalil Greene in the eyes of Red Sox fans. Maybe not Khalil, but you get my point, right? What Beckett did was incredible. We didn’t actually think...
by evan brunell | Nov 5, 2007 | Brett Tomko, Chase Headley, Chris Young, Coco Crisp, Greg Maddux, Jack Cassell, Jake Peavy, Kevin Kouzmanoff, San Diego Padres
Could the Red Sox be hunting for a replacement for Mike Lowell using Coco Crisp as the solution? Some news came out yesterday saying that the San Diego Padres were interested in Crisp to plug their centerfield vacancy with Mike Cameron departing via free agency....
by shawn medeiros | Jun 23, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Greg Maddux, San Diego Padres
In a battle of an ageless dart throwing ace, Greg Maddux, versus a hurler with many pitches, Daisuke Matsuzaka, the two different styles gave fans nothing short of a pure masterpiece. Although the “professor of the game”, Maddux (6-4) and the San Diego...
by evan brunell | Jun 22, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Greg Maddux, San Diego Padres
JUNE 22nd, 2007 GAME THREAD Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-5, 4.18) @ Greg Maddux (6-3, 3.90) Boston Red Sox (46-25) @ San Diego Padres (41-29) 10:05 PM EDT at Petco Park (San Diego, CA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680, WROL (Sp.)...
by zach hayes | Nov 13, 2006 | Aramis Ramirez, Barry Zito, Carlos Lee, Gary Matthews Jr., Greg Maddux, J.D. Drew, Jason Schmidt, Jeff Suppan, Jim Edmonds, Jose Guillen, Moises Alou, Nomar Garciaparra, Ray Durham, Tom Glavine, Vincente Padilla
We continue from Monday with 20-11… 20. Jim Edmonds- .257/.350/.471, 19 HR, 70 RBI Edmonds has a 10 million dollar option for 2007 with a 3 million buyout, so we??ll see in the impeding days whether the Cardinals decide to keep their dependable, but aging center...