by josh lacey | Mar 29, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett, Quick Post
The first two teams, UCONN & Villanova, have punched their tickets to the Final Four in Detroit, and the first two players have punched a ticket to the Final Four of our Red Sox Madness tournament. Just like March Madness, a #1 seed (Pedroia) and a #3 seed...
by tim daloisio | Mar 11, 2009 | Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Poll
New Poll Question: Better or Worse: Jon Lester’s innings pitched in 2009? Jon Lester pitched a yeomans-like 237 innings in 2008. There is debate over whether Lester will be a candidate for the now famous “Verducci-effect” in 2009. Can...
by tim daloisio | Mar 3, 2009 | Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Poll, Quick Post
New Poll Question: Better or Worse: Josh Beckett’s ERA in 2009? Josh Beckett pitched better than his 4.03 ERA might suggest in 2008, so it’s safe to assume he’ll better that total in 2009. The question is, “by how much?”. How low can he...
by evan brunell | Feb 19, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli
Apologies to those that don’t follow the shows I do, but I was thinking about the multitude of TV shows that I watch and I thought it would be pretty funny and cool to pair up who I think represents a certain character best on the Red Sox. I’m not limiting...
by sean o | Feb 14, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett
Forgive me, as I am not trying to exhaust the subjects of Josh Beckett and Jason Varitek. But I have wondered about something for a long time, yet never expressed it within the text of any of the writings I have published. But why exactly did it take so long for Josh...
by sean o | Feb 7, 2009 | A.J. Burnett, Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett was a truly great pitcher in 2007. An integral piece to a championship team. Arguably the best pitcher in the American League that season. Arguably. But Beckett’s 2008 campaign did not go over as smoothly. Beckett didn’t display the same...
by josh lacey | Jan 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, Community post, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
17 of the starting 25 Red Sox for 2009 have much to prove this season. Of this number, 15 are rebounding from injuries which plagued 2008. This is not a bad thing, as the entire team will be extraordinarily motivated to do well, to win, to pull together and help each...
by evan brunell | Nov 3, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Andruw Jones, Ben Sheets, C.C. Sabathia, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Derek Lowe, Dontrelle Willis, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez, Russell Martin, Tim Wakefield
Bill James has come out with his new handbook for 2009, and in the handbook are the early statistical projections for players next year. This may be especially significant in the case of the Red Sox, as James has a vast amount of knowledge of players in the Red Sox...
by evan brunell | Oct 24, 2008 | Derek Lowe, Gerald Laird, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Josh Beckett, Miguel Montero, Texas Rangers
Rounding up Red Sox-centric rumors for the day… Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels would not rule out trading two catchers (likely Jarrod Saltamacchia and Gerald Laird) and confirmed the Red Sox approached the Rangers in July about these two catchers....
by shawn medeiros | Oct 19, 2008 | David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Terry Francona
Now, the Boston Red Sox are playing like the defending champions they are. And Jason Varitek got a hit – a crucial one – in Boston’s 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in game 6 of the ALCS. Tied 2-2 in the sixth, Varitek launched a homer to right field...
