The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having won both games of a two-game set against the lowly Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox (17-19) travel to St. Petersburg, Florida to play another two-game series, this time against the tied-for-first place Tampa Bay Rays (23-14). The Red Sox, while still in...

News and Notes: Beckett’s Payback, Youk’s Future

Josh Beckett Cares? Well, that does it.  Josh Beckett proves once again that he hates the Red Sox, doesn’t like being a baseball player, and cares only about taking down the clubhouse from the inside.  Oh, I’m sorry.  What was that?  He hurled seven...

Identity and The 2012 Boston Red Sox

The strange and often unfortunate thing about baseball, and well just about everything, is that individuals are often remembered more for singular moments than for the body of their entire career or even their entire lives. Dave Roberts could have been cut down every...

RYU.com TRIVIA: And You Thought Josh Beckett Was Bad…

We’re back with another trivia question for you! Which pitcher holds the franchise record for most losses in a season? HONOR CODE: No search engines. Previous question answer: Duffy Lewis holds the franchise record for times caught stealing in a season with 31. That...

Tazawa Continues His Comeback

File this under the heading of in every cloud there’s a silver lining. The “silver lining” in this case was Monday’s relief outing by Junichi Tazawa even though the Columbus Clippers beat the Pawtucket Red Sox, 5-3, which broke the home team’s five-game winning...

$250 in prizes for Fire Brand daily fantasy contest!

Fire Brand of the American League has partnered up with DraftStreet.com for a free fantasy contest on Friday, May 18 with $250 exclusively available to Fire Brand players. There’s a new way to play fantasy baseball that turns the season long grind into quick one-night...

The Advanced Scout – Seattle Mariners

The Boston Red Sox (15-19) finish their current homestand with a two-game series against the Seattle Mariners (16-20). The Mariners aren’t setting the world on fire lately but are 5-5 in their last 10 games, which is pretty good for the Mariners. Then again, the...

On the Creation of Drama

This is my response to Evan’s Friday piece on Beckett. I first heard about “Golf Gate” via Twitter last Wednesday.  Clay Buchholz was being asked questions about it, and he chose not to answer them.  Predictably, the blood thirsty Boston media saw...