by guest | Aug 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett As much as it pains me to do it, it’s time – with only a little more than a month remaining in the season – to start handicapping the contenders for the AL crown. If the playoffs started right now (that is, 6pm on Tuesday), the AL...
by evan brunell | Aug 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Red Sox are shopping David Wells around to contenders to see what they could get in return. Olney lists these contenders who could be interested: Mets, Twins, Diamondbacks, Padres, Dodgers, Phillies, Cardinals, A’s and...
by evan brunell | Aug 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
JON LESTER / COVERS.COM Good game yesterday. The Red Sox’s Jon Lester improved to 8-2 after a brilliant seven innings thrown. He gave up a scant three hits, walked three (still those control problems, but he’s racking the wins up) and struck out six....
by evan brunell | Aug 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Red Sox nabbed RHP Mike Burns from the Reds for RHP Tim Bausher. Burns, 28, has an 8.78 ERA in 13.1 innings for the Reds and a 1.77 ERA in 56.0 IP for their AAA club. He will not cost a 40-man spot as he was outrighted to Louisville three days ago. Bausher, 27,...
by zach hayes | Aug 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Maybe I??m a sports bigamist. Maybe I??m a disloyal traitor. Maybe I just want someone to root for this October. The parallels are similar- rabid, hungry, overly competitive and passionate fan base, superstars in the present and in the making, a boiling hatred of the...
by guest | Aug 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
When I first sat down to write this article, I tried a systematic, reasoned evaluation of our GM. I opened up transaction reports, Cot??s Baseball Contracts, espn.com??s stats page, baseball prospectus PECOTA cards?
by guest | Aug 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett Today at 2pm – with me in attendance – both the Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Red Sox will be playing regular season contests at Fenway Park. The games will both be broadcast on NESN. Here are a few names to watch on each team: Lowell SP:...
by evan brunell | Aug 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
KETIH FOULKE / MLB.COM It’s been said here before. Keith Foulke, when he’s on … he’s on. Foulke, activated off the disabled list last Friday after the first game of the doubleheader against the Yankees, has pitched in three games (NYY, NYY,...
by guest | Aug 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett I made a horrible mistake this morning, while in my car: I turned on the radio. I’m not sure what I was expecting – after all, I turned it on toward the back end of the Dennis & Callahan Racism Power Hour – but I guess I was...
by evan brunell | Aug 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
DUSTIN PEDROIA / MLB.COM The Pawtucket Red Sox had a doubleheader yesterday. Dustin Pedroia, our top position prospect now that Hanley Ramirez is a Marlin, was DHing in the first game, but was yanked from the game after two at-bats and is not playing the second game....
