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Couple quick hits for now, I’ll come back Saturday with a longer article. 1) Keith Foulke is back – those two singles to shallow OF were just pure luck and weren’t hard hits at all. He’s been back for a while now and now I’m ready to...

Does Clutch Hitting Exist?

Yes. Here is David Ortiz‘s career line for the information below:  career Situational Stats     G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS    Total   785 2706 423 757 210 8 142 517 348 593 4 2 .280 .361 .521 .882         G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS...

Theo Is Indeed The Best

Quick post today because I want to divert attention to the post below on the 2005 Amateur Draft Preview. Remember When I wrote that Theo Epstein was the best General Manager in baseball? Well… I was...

2005 Amateur Draft Preview

The Amateur Draft is looming – it is but just next week. Last year, the Boston Red Sox selected 2B Dustin Pedroia with their first pick (second round overall) and judging by the fact that some Sox fans are starting to scream for Pedroia this year, let alone...

Lopez (3-2, 4.41) @ Arroyo (4-1, 3.19)

Well, David Wells (okay, and Keith Foulke too) showed up yesterday and pitched a great game. Wells would have had a shutout at Fenway Park, considering those two home-runs by Jeter and Sheffield would have ended up being wallball singles. Alas. A lot of people said...

Nine Up, Nine Down: Are the Sox Back?

* Let’s answer the question in the title? Are the Red Sox back? Something that cannot be answered statistically, but only with opinion. My opinion? Yes. The Red Sox have been notoriously streaky this season, so the streak seems to be snapped. This game yesterday...

Sink or Svuem

This is the game we needed. But no. Good thing I won’t be able to watch the game tomorrow, I won’t be near a TV until nighttime. I’ve got plenty to say about this pitiful excuse for a team (and yes, I know I was all ‘Calm Down’ yesterday,...

Shoppach and Olerud In Boston!

See my below column for my take on what’s going on with the Red Sox, but I had to throw this out there. The struggling Boston Red Sox will have a new look when they check into Yankee Stadium for a three-game series on Friday. Joining the Sox will be veteran...

Calm Down.

25-21 with inconsistent starting pitching, a terrible bullpen, an infield who can’t do anything, a platoon outfielder who can’t hit lefties, and we’re 25-21. I’ll take it. How about that Jeter catch that everyone is saying he is God for? Oh My...