by mike silver | Jan 31, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brad Bergesen, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Jeremy Guthrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, Tampa Bay Rays
In preparation of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Traning, we thought we’d rank the AL East’s starting rotations. To no one’s surprise, the division has a great cache of starting pitchers, as most hurlers rate average or better when...
by tom fratamico | Jan 30, 2011 | Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, NFL, Super Bowl
Bud Selig has defined competitive balance as giving a team‘s fan base “hope and faith.” Without having the resources to poll fans, H&F is tough to measure. Here we will determine competitive balance as the number of different teams making the playoffs. Thereby...
by mike silver | Jan 10, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
The Yank’s Woeful Rotation After failing to sign their top priority free agent, Cliff Lee, missing out on trade target Zack Greinke, and facing the possible retirement of Andy Pettitte, the Yankees find themselves scrambling for back-end rotation starters. The 2011...
by tom fratamico | Dec 11, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, New York Yankees
Boston is the seventh largest media market, according to Nielsen, but in terms of baseball team markets only the Phillies, Rangers and New York, L.A. teams should be able to match the Olde Towne Team’s revenue streams. Philly and Dallas are bigger than Boston and are...
by jake digregorio | Aug 9, 2010 | Game Threads, Jon Lester, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (63-49) @ New York Yankees (69-41) Jon Lester (11-7, 3.07) @ Phil Hughes (13-4, 3.96) 2:05 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (New York, New York) TV: NESN/MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: As the gap between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox...
by jake digregorio | Aug 8, 2010 | Dustin Moseley, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (63-48) @ New York Yankees (68-41) Josh Beckett (3-1, 5.70) @ Dustin Moseley (1-1,4.13) 8:00 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (New York, New York) TV: ESPN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox will have the eyes of the nation on...
by jake digregorio | Aug 6, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, Javier Vazquez, New York Yankees
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (62-47) @ New York Yankees (67-40) Clay Buchholz (11-5, 2.59) @ Javier Vazquez (9-7,4.61) 7:05 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (New York, New York) TV: NESN/MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Clay Buchholz returns to the hill as the Boston Red...
by tom fratamico | Jun 18, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals
We are in the middle of inter-league play. Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers are coming to Boston. It is going to be an exciting weekend, but the last series with the Diamondbacks does not get circled on any fan’s schedule in January nor does the All-Star Game...
by andrew lipsett | Jun 16, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Bud Selig, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
This will be the fourteenth season of interleague play in the Major Leagues. Perhaps the most controversial of Bud Selig’s innovations, interleague has had a good run with some wonderful moments, but it has also produced some head-scratching matchups,...
by tom fratamico | May 28, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays
Last week, I wrote… “It should be about 2011 since the Olde Towne Team got too far behind over the last forty plus games, which has contributed to them having such a small shot at the postseason. Hence, it would be prudent to plan and act, if nothing drastic occurs,...
