by chipbuck | Jun 1, 2012 | Adrian Beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clayton Mortensen, Cody Ross, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Reddick, Junichi Tazawa, Mark Melancon, Mike Aviles, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Nick Punto, Pedro Ciriaco, Rocco Baldelli, Scott Rolen, Todd Helton, Vicente Padilla, Will Middlebrooks
<a title=" First of all, I’d like to apologize for not being around much lately. In the middle of a wonderful weekend in New York City, I managed to suffer a scratched cornea. Yes, that’s about as comfortable as it sounds. After several days of...
by chipbuck | May 25, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Wilson, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Jacobs, Bryce Brentz, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, Juan Carlos Linares, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Nick Punto, Pedro Martinez, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Sweeney, Tim Wakefield, Vernon Wells, Will Middlebrooks
Ok, boys and girls. By now you know the drill. People ask Nick questions, I intervene and answer correctly on his behalf. All “questioners” will remain nameless unless they truly deserve to be mocked. Luckily, no one has to be outed this...
by chipbuck | May 23, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney
The leadoff spot. It’s something we haven’t talked about much here. To be fair, there hasn’t been a tremendous need. The offense has been rolling along, despite injuries to key players like Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, and Carl Crawford. ...
by evan brunell | Apr 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Dan Duquette, Jimy Williams, Johnny Damon, Nick Punto
They say that those that don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. In the Red Sox’s case, that may be truer than we realize. Over the course of the offseason, I’ve been noticing eerie similarities the current Red Sox have with their...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 29, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Melancon, Matt Albers, Michael Bowden, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Atchison, Vicente Padilla
The 2012 season is finally almost ready to start and the Boston Red Sox can finally put all the stories from last season out of the news with a solid start. The team is largely intact much the same as last year and while the media has spent many pages hand wringing...
by chipbuck | Mar 14, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
It’s probably safe to say that few Red Sox fans are thrilled with current shortstop situation. I’ll admit it. It’s underwhelming, meh, milquetoast. Seriously. Mike Aviles? Nick Punto? Jose Iglesias? Thinking about it subjectively, it almost...
by aconvery | Feb 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Well, in a short answer: yes. Unless Ben Cherington knows something that the rest of us don’t (and he just might), then Mike Aviles and Nick Punto are...
by chipbuck | Jan 25, 2012 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Jose Iglesias, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney
The last few days have been pretty busy here in Red Sox Nation. Ben Cherington and his front office compatriots are slowly but surely shaping the roster into a club that should be able to win 90-95 games in 2012. In order to stay on top of all of the recent...
by charliesap | Jan 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clayton Mortensen, Jose Iglesias, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
It sounds weird to say that the Sox have made a move in order to clear salary, but that’s essentially what they did on Saturday when they sent their former starting shortstop, Marco Scutaro, to the Colorado Rockies for 26-year-old righthander Clayton Mortensen....
by Troy Patterson | Dec 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
Immediate reaction to the Nick Punto signing was mixed and there was plenty of comments on his perception as “gritty”, “a winner” or soon to be “dirt dog”. That is all good for laughs, but unlike some players with those qualities...
