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 | 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 jkeller | Apr 18, 2013 | Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley Jr., Larry Lucchino, Pawtucket Red Sox, Pete Abraham, Ryan Dempster, The Boston Globe
Listen, there are times in life that I would rather be wrong, honestly. I care more about the Red Sox than I do about being right. I’ll admit that when Ryan Dempster was initially signed, I was less than encouraged by his subpar stats in the American League with...
by huntergolden | Mar 4, 2013 | Bob Ryan, Boston Red Sox, Sabermetrics, The Boston Globe, Wins Above Replacement
So Bob Ryan wrote a column today. It wasn’t good. In fact, was really, really, really bad. Use whatever adjective you want to describe it: lazy, dumb, misinformed, patronizing.. they’d probably all apply. In fact, I don’t know what’s in the water lately, but it seems...
