by chipbuck | Nov 15, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Barry Zito, Bobby Valentine, Carlos Beltran, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jonathan Papelbon, Jonathan Sanchez, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Tim Lincecum
To those of you who read Nick Cafardo regularly, this will come as no surprise to you. Mr. Cafardo has a giant non-sexual man crush on Bobby Valentine. Just huge. Massive. At times, the gushing is unbarable to the point of being a bit embarrassing. Still, Cafardo...
by chipbuck | Oct 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, C.J. Wilson, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Erik Bedard, Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Francis, Joel Pineiro, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Paul Maholm, Roy Oswalt, Tim Wakefield
Last week, I was channeling my inner Mark McGwire when I triumphantly declared that I was not going to talk about the past, but instead focus on the future. While I don’t plan on taking it quite to the extent Darryl alluded to on Sunday, I’m hoping to...
by charliesap | Oct 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey, Quick Post
And the hits just keep on coming. At least now he can drink all the beer he wants and no one will say a word about it, unless he gains like 50 pounds because of it. As reported by The Boston Globe: New Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said today that pitcher...
by charliesap | Oct 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Kevin Youkilis, Poll, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
A tornado ripped through the streets of Boston this past week and it wasn’t made by mother nature. Gone are the Red Sox manager and GM (supposedly). The dirty laundry is hanging from the rafters of Fenway Park and no one, it seems, is safe. The front office has...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Tim Wakefield
There has been a lot of talk about how bad the September pitching was and a lot of blame has been placed on the “fried chicken and beer” theory, but 2011 came down to a lack of pitchers making healthy starts. In September the Red Sox staff had 14.2...
by charliesap | Oct 10, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey
John, John, John, John…what ever shall we do with you? A 6.41 ERA in 160 innings, a 1.9 K/BB rate (below the league average) and only nine “quality starts” out of 28 games started. All of this comes with a contract that pays $15.25M over the next...
by Troy Patterson | Sep 26, 2011 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kyle Weiland
While I have tried to maintain my positivity it has become increasingly hard. There have been injuries and poor outings that surely no one could have predicted or dealt with, but the injuries to the staff and poor performance that can find blame. The Red Sox entered...
by scandage | Sep 25, 2011 | Alex Rodriguez, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Ivan Nova, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Miller Huggins, New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox (88-70) @ New York Yankees (97-61) John Lackey (12-12, 6.49) @ Ivan Nova (16-4, 3.62) 6:35 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) TV: NESN, YES, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES A half-game. A freakin’ half-game lead in the Wild...
by chipbuck | Sep 21, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kyle Weiland, Tim Wakefield
As the Red Sox have fallen into a deeper slump than most of us ever imagined possible, the “Chicken Little” mentality that was once prevalent throughout Red Sox Nation has slowly transformed into the “Mob” mentality. Yes, that’s right folks. People throughout New...
by scandage | Sep 19, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brian Matusz, Cecil Travis, Detroit Tigers, Game Threads, John Lackey, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Ted Cox, Vladimir Guerrero, Washington Senators
Baltimore Orioles (63-89) @ Boston Red Sox (87-66) Brian Matusz (1-7, 9.84) @ John Lackey (12-12, 6.19) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES After taking a close loss in the opening tilt of the...
