by evan brunell | Jul 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
Derek Lowe hurled six and two-thirds of an inning last night, coughing up two earned runs (and two unearned) en route to a victory over the hated Yankees. Maybe hated is too nice of a word. Lowe lowered his ERA to 5.56, striking out five Yankees and walking three,...
by evan brunell | Jul 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
Bill Mueller (and Varitek, not pictured), the catalysts for the Red Sox season. Yesterday’s heroics was almost made unbearable by the inane prattlings of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, who regaled the nation with such sayings as “A-Rod symbolizes so much...
by evan brunell | Jul 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
I apologize to Red Sox Nation. I lost the game for us. Not Millar, Schilling, Foulke, or any other goat you can think of. The onus is on me. Why? Read on… FIRST INNING The only blemish on this inning was Gary Sheffield’s poke into the Monster Seats. It was...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Abe Alvarez makes his major league debut, hurling five innings for the BoSox on 7/22/04. Image credit redsox.com Abe Alvarez was called up by the Boston Red Sox to start the day game against Baltimore, saving the Red Sox from having to use one of their five regular...
by evan brunell | Jul 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
You might be wondering why I’ve remained silent for five days. This is because I have experienced incredible mood swings all these days. Blow up the team! Trade for Randy Johnson! Get Kris Benson! Keep the team as is! Get a bullpen that does the job! Fire...
by guest | Jul 18, 2004 | Uncategorized
Thank You, Mr. Martin – A Tribute By Shaun Kelly His distinct tenor, reassuring and cerebral, was the second-most heard male voice of my childhood. Only my father’s fixed baritone surpassed his as the soundtrack of my years growing up in the greater Boston...
by guest | Jul 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
Tony Conigliaro Forty Years Later: A Remembrance By Shaun L. Kelly Forty years ago. 14,600 sunrises have come and gone. And yet, for those of us who resided in the Boston area in the early spring of 1964 – the times then seemed to scrape our collective hearts....
by evan brunell | Jul 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
Tonight you’re mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow Is this a lasting treasure Or just a moment’s pleasure Can i believe the magic of your sighs Will you still love me...
by evan brunell | Jul 14, 2004 | Uncategorized
Before I jump into this, let me just apologize to the readers and to Sam Killay who did a great job filling in for me while I was offline Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday when something sudden came up. Unfortunately, his writings and my most recent columns before my...
by evan brunell | Jul 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
As the Red Sox are set to meet the mid-mark of the season tonight against the Oakland A’s (Wakefield v. Zito), it’s time for that canned piece that people do everywhere that can be aptly summed up as “Review”. Without futher ado, here is the...