by domara | Feb 10, 2015 | Andrew Miller, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Dustin Richardson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Florida Marlins, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Portland Sea Dogs
Do you remember where you were on the night of November 12, 2010? No? Good, because unless a momentous occasion happened in your life, than it shouldn’t ring a bell. On that night, however, the Red Sox traded lefty relief pitcher Dustin Richardson to the...
by domara | Oct 2, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, David Ross, Jon Lester, Madison Bumgarner, Miguel Cabrera, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Torey Lovullo
The San Fransisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates played the National League Wild Card game on Wednesday night. However, unlike the exciting extra innings American League Wild Card contest on Tuesday, the National League game was mostly one sided throughout. Starters...
by dpoarch | Mar 31, 2014 | Adam Wainwright, Alejandro De Aza, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Bryce Harper, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Emilio Bonifacio, Grady Sizemore, Jose Fernandez, Jose Reyes, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Nelson Cruz, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Wilson Ramos
We’ve finally reached MLB Opening Day, and I’m sure you all are just as excited as I am that those ESPN score update texts finally count now, instead of being just a tease like they were in Spring Training. For this week’s column, I’m just...
by dpoarch | Nov 24, 2013 | David Freese, Detroit Tigers, Ian Kinsler, Jon Jay, Jurickson Profar, Los Angeles Angels, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Peter Bourjos, Prince Fielder, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
The MLB offseason is here, and there are 126 days until Opening Day. Luckily, there’s no shortage of things for us to talk about, as free agency has kicked off and the past couple days have already given us several big names changing area codes. Let’s take a look at...
by tbrooks | Nov 19, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Freddie Freeman, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Xander Bogearts
I wanted to entitle this article: “Why the MVP Vote is Wrong,” but I didn’t want to make you think this was another one of those tired “Mike Trout should be the MVP” articles. He should be, but that is besides the point of what needs to...
by dpoarch | Nov 17, 2013 | Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout
There’s a concept in NBA circles known as “voter fatigue,” in which – on occasion – it’s theorized that the most deserving candidate for the league’s MVP award will fail to bring home the hardware if they’ve already won the award several times in close proximity....
by dpoarch | Nov 3, 2013 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Clayton Kershaw, Detroit Tigers, Jose Bautista, Justin Verlander, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Toronto Blue Jays, Yasiel Puig
I projected the Red Sox to finish fourth in the division this season. To be fair, I am an idiot. I predicted Jason Heyward would win the National League MVP award, and he went on to be only the third-most-valuable player on his own team in terms of fWAR, with a...
by bcarsley | Oct 14, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Torii Hunter
Until I got home last night at about 1:30 a.m. and watched reruns of David Ortiz’ eight-inning grand slam, I didn’t know that Torii Hunter had fallen into the Red Sox bullpen. This is strange, because I was sitting 20 rows in the section directly behind said bullpen....
by bcowett | Oct 12, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 MLB Playoffs, Alex Avila, Anibal Sanchez, Austin Jackson, Boston Red Sox, Bruce Rondon, Clay Buchholz, Detroit Tigers, Doug Fister, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Omar Infante, Phil Coke, Prince Fielder, Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez
I guess it was inevitable that the teams with the two best offenses in the major leagues would meet in the ALCS. Strangely enough, the Tigers and the Red Sox have never faced each other in the playoffs before in the history of baseball. Someone’s going to make a...
by dpoarch | Sep 29, 2013 | Andrew McCutchen, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Gomez, Clay Buchholz, Clayton Kershaw, Detroit Tigers, Jose Fernandez, Jose Iglesias, Josh Donaldson, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Harvey, Max Scherzer, Miami Marlins, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays, Wil Myers
Here’s a sad thing: this column will be posted on the final day of the regular season for the Boston Red Sox. That’s right, 162 games are about to be in the books. Soon, it’ll be time for playoff talk (and an extra-special Playoff TrollBag next week), but before we...
