by evan brunell | Mar 5, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Personnel, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays
As the advent of spring training games are upon us, I thought I’d kick off everyone’s favorite little exercise by providing my own personal predictions as to how I think the season will shake out. Now, before I do so, a word of caution: predictions can...
by evan brunell | Oct 27, 2009 | Brad Mills, Houston Astros, Quick Post
Little late on this, but worthy of mention. The Sox bench coach, Brad Mills, has departed to Houston for two years plus a club option. All the platitudes out of Sox camp you expected to hear were said. Houston owner Drayton McLane said that — and Francona...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 29, 2008 | Carlos Lee, Craig Hansen, Houston Astros, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Lance Berkman, Mike Lowell
Lance Berkman’s two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth was the difference as Houston beat Boston 11-10. Mike Lowell’s solo-homer in the top of the ninth made it 11-10. Goat of the Game: Pitching staff? Maybe? Well a combined 11 runs with Lester giving...
by zach hayes | Jun 29, 2008 | Brian Moehler, Game Threads, Houston Astros, Josh Beckett
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (50-33) @ Houston Astros (38-43) Josh Beckett (7-5, 3.73) @ Brian Moehler (4-3, 4.03) 2:05 PM EDT | Minute Maid Park (Houston, TX) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Last night appeared to be in the bag before Aardsma and Delcarmen...
by zach hayes | Jun 28, 2008 | Brandon Backe, Game Threads, Houston Astros, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (50-32) @ Houston Astros (37-43) Jon Lester (6-3, 3.13) @ Brandon Backe (5-8, 4.82) 7:05 PM EDT | Minute Maid Park (Houston, TX) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Lester's last 4 starts: 27.2 IP, 30 H, 3 BB, 16 K, 1.63 ERA...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 28, 2008 | Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, Houston Astros, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen
Daisuke Matsuzaka went five innings only allowing two hits while striking out for to improve to 9-1 on the season with a little help from a J.D. Drew three run homer in the third inning. Dustin Pedroia added to the score in the seventh with an RBI single giving Boston...
by zach hayes | Jun 27, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Houston Astros, Runelvys Hernandez
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (49-32) @ Houston Astros (37-42) Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1, 3.46) @ Runelvys Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) 8:05 PM EDT | Minute Maid Park (Houston, TX) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: This should be a sweep. Bottom line: THIS SHOULD BE A...
by zach hayes | Dec 11, 2007 | Andrew Miller, Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves, Brad Lidge, Brendan Harris, Brian Schneider, Cameron Maybin, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Delmon Young, Detroit Tigers, Dontrelle Willis, Eduardo Morlan, Eric Bruntlett, Eric Gagne, Florida Marlins, Francisco Cordero, Geoff Geary, Houston Astros, Jason Bartlett, Jon Garland, Jorge Posada, Jose Guillen, Kansas City Royals, Lastings Milledge, LaTroy Hawkins, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariano Rivera, Matt Garza, Michael Bourn, Miguel Cabrera, Milton Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Orlando Cabrera, Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Church, Scott Linebrink, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Tom Glavine, Torii Hunter, Troy Percival, Washington Nationals
I hate being mean….. LaTroy Hawkins signs with Yankees for 1 year, $4 million Hawkins is the first of a few moves the Yankees have to make in order to find a diamond in the rough at the setup man spot in their bullpen. With Joba Chamberlain moving to the...
by evan brunell | Jul 28, 2007 | Houston Astros, Morgan Ensberg
Now that the Houston Astros have a glut of infielders and have seemed to completely buried Morgan Ensberg on the depth chart, why not have the Sox nab him? Hinske or Pena could become the backup outfielder, and Ensberg can handle third and first. Best of all, Ensberg...
by evan brunell | Apr 3, 2007 | Adam Dunn, Alex Gordon, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Ben Sheets, Brendan Donnelly, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Colorado Rockies, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dayton Moore, Delmon Young, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Edgar Renteria, Elijah Dukes, Erik Bedard, Felix Hernandez, Gil Meche, Grady Sizemore, Hanley Ramirez, Hideki Okajima, Houston Astros, J.C. Romero, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jeff Kent, Joel Pineiro, John Buck, Jorge Posada, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Kansas City Royals, LaTroy Hawkins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Tony Pena Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
In 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Red Sox lost Opening Day and went on to make the playoffs. In 2006, Opening Day was won and … well, let’s not talk about what happened after that. Curt Schilling simply was not on today. He didn’t have it from the start...