by evan brunell | Feb 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
Transcript taken from Boston Dirt Dogs: He said some people – he’s not sure who – accused him of faking an illness last season to avoid pitching against the Yankees. He said that was bad, but this was worse. He said some people on the radio were...
by evan brunell | Feb 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
Barry Bonds has blasted Turk Wendell for saying that Bonds takes steroids. Steroid use is a hot-button issue in baseball right now, and could be the most devasating thing to happen to baseball since the 1919 World Series fiasco – even more damaging than the 1994...
by evan brunell | Feb 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
I’m going to jump into my own experiences to tell the story rather than break down major league teams by chemistry. I feel that by telling you my stories about baseball, you will get a better sense of how chemistry affects baseball. Did it affect the 2001 Red...
by evan brunell | Feb 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Recently, the A-Rod debacle has a lot of people shooting their mouths off at John Henry, the owner of the Boston Red Sox. They say that John Henry had to only pay a couple million more (nope – the difference was thirty million). They say that Henry should not be...
by evan brunell | Feb 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
I got my third baseball preview magazine today. I started out with Lindy’s, got Rotowire’s, and today I got Athlon Sports. Athlon Sports is the best one of this year – except for their Red Sox prediction (wild card, do not advance to ALCS). They came...
by evan brunell | Feb 18, 2004 | Uncategorized
If we assume the Red Sox are as lucky this year as they were last year with their injuries (zero significant injuries for a prolonged period of time), is there any possible weakness that can be seen with this team? Well, every team can always find a million holes to...
by evan brunell | Feb 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
Paul DePodesta is now the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was just recently bought by Boston land-developer Frank McCourt, who failed in a bid for the Boston Red Sox when John Harrington and the Yawkey Trust put the team up for sale. This is a great...
by evan brunell | Feb 14, 2004 | Uncategorized
PLEASE NOTE!!! By accident, the ORIGINAL COLUMN was lost, never to be found again. I have re-written this on Feb. 26th. I lost a VERY good column and I am not going to attempt to measure up to it. Instead, I’m going to try to outline what the column said. A-Rod...
by evan brunell | Feb 13, 2004 | Uncategorized
Hypothetical question: Who should we re-sign to a contract, assuming we can only sign one of the following two people? God? The Groundskeeper? I put some major categories that I thought each person should be measured by to decide who should be re-signed. Past. Future....
by evan brunell | Feb 9, 2004 | Uncategorized
Second base, which Todd Walker held last year, is now open, to be filled by an expected tandem of Pokey Reese, defensive whiz, and Mark Bellhorn, enigma. Terry Shumpert and Tony Womack have both been brought in on minor-league contracts as insurance and competition...
