by tbrooks | Jun 4, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Hey Nick, when and where are you writing to us? In case we wanted to stop you for an autograph and pic to put on Instagram? Writing to you after a 9-2 win over the Phillies as we head to New York. Thanks for the update. The bag this week is a Jose Iglesias lovefest....
by tbrooks | May 28, 2013 | Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Clayton Kershaw, Don Mattingly, Jose Iglesias, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Will Middlebrooks
Nick Cafardo brings the intensity on Sundays. Sitting in Peter Gammons’ distinguished chair, Cafardo drops insights. Here are a few of the most glimmering moments (this week only!). Don Mattingly may lose his job as manager of the Dodgers, but he gained respect...
by tbrooks | May 14, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon McCarthy, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Sam Fuld, The Boston Globe
Deadspin shared the story today of a basketball writer who became the parody of himself. I share that to say this: Nick Cafardo is not alone. Frankly, as outlets such as FireJoeMorgan, Deadspin, and others have shown us, sports writing has been in colossal tailspin...
by tbrooks | May 7, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Ladies and gents, it is time for the highlight of your week: the time that you realize that it is Nick Cafardo watching the Red Sox on the Boston Globe, despite the fact that your 11 year old son constructs better logic and that your 15 year old daughter demonstrates...
by tbrooks | Apr 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
(Key – Bold – Fan Questions, Italics – Cafardo, Regular – Me) Of course, I predicted we would come together this week and face Middlebrooks hysteria. Here we go… Despite a good start by the Red Sox, there are still concerns out...
by tbrooks | Apr 23, 2013 | Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Iglesias, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Pete Abraham, The Boston Globe, Theo Epstein
(Key – BOLD – Reader Questions, Italics – Nick Cafardo, Stadard – My response) With the Red Sox off to a good start, there’s a better feeling about the team.We do have some lament about Jose Iglesias being returned to Pawtucket, but there are...
by tbrooks | Apr 16, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Ellis Burks, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jackie Robinson, Ken Griffey Jr., Koji Uehara, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Don’t know about you, but I am enjoying the racial speculation in baseball circles that has resulted from this and this. Far be it from me to answer the issues that have lead us to today, but surely we can examine the work of noted sociologist Nick Cafardo as he...
by tbrooks | Apr 9, 2013 | 2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Josh Beckett, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Phil Garner, Reggie Jackson
I had a recent interaction with Pete Abraham of the Globe on Twitter. I enjoy his writing, and am impressed by the frequency of which he connects with Red Sox fans on twitter. On this occasion, he had made a passing remark regarding the crazy questions that Nick...
by tbrooks | Mar 19, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
You are not going to believe me, so I am going to provide the evidence. But here goes: the man that the Boston Globe asks to rank the MLB managers last year, at one point, ranked Bobby Valentine as the fourth best manager in the season. Yes, I remember that the Red...
by tbrooks | Mar 5, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Matt Barnes, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Professional Pitcher, Ryan Sweeney, Stephen Drew, Tom Werner, Will Middlebrooks, Willie Mays, Xander Bogearts
I have been stoked about this one for a full week now. Last week, my predecessor on this beat (twitter handle chip_buck) went on a tweeted rant about this mailbag, and it lives up to its head scratch worthiness. In full editorial honesty, I remain unsure if the joke...
