by aconvery | Mar 5, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
We’re back with another trivia question for you! What was Boston’s record last year in Spring Training? HONOR CODE: No search engines. After the jump: The answer to the previous question, plus information on the grand prize. Previous question answer:...
by charliesap | Mar 4, 2012 | Poll
We’ve learned early on that Booby V will say a lot of things. He’ll say what he thinks about the Yankees, he’ll say what he thinks about last September’s collapse, but he may not speak about the Sox’ starting shortstop job until late in...
by tim daloisio | Mar 3, 2012 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #118 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: Chip Buck (@chip_buck) [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/118_3_3_12_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] Major League Baseball’s revamped playoff system may have put the 2011 Red Sox in the post-season despite...
by evan brunell | Mar 3, 2012 | Quick Post
Every year, MIT hosts a sports analytics conference. This year, it was held at the Hynes Convention Center and yours truly attended Day 1. You can read my report on the goings-on here. It was a fascinating day to be there and the baseball analytics panel was...
by chipbuck | Mar 2, 2012 | Luke Scott
Leap Day is a magical time that comes only once every four years. Leap Day William emerges from the Marianas Trench to bring candy and joy to children everywhere. It’s a day where anything can happen, and nothing counts. Or at least that’s what last...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 1, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
After looking at what is the basis for much of our sabermetric offensive value in wOBA, I wanted to take a look at the next stat which attempts to build off of Bill James stat RC (runs created) and combine it with wOBA. Runs Created was originally instituted by James...
by chipbuck | Feb 29, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek
It was July 24, 2004. The struggling Red Sox entered the day 52-44, 9.5 games behind the division leading Yankees, and in desperate need of a spark. Down 3-0 in the top of the third inning, Bronson Arroyo plunked Alex Rodriguez on the left elbow. After taking a...
by aconvery | Feb 28, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
“The snitching (expletive), that’s (expletive). It’s not good.” ~Josh Beckett Considering the way things ended, it’s almost easy to forget that Josh Beckett was having the best year of his career. After 22 starts, his ERA stood at an exceptional 2.17 and his 9-4...
by chipbuck | Feb 27, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
I don’t even know why I bother. I tried to avoid reading Shaughnessy’s latest piece, but I caved. It’s an awful, terrible, detestable trolling mess that’s rife with negativity. I’ve broken down the key points of the article, so you...
by evan brunell | Feb 26, 2012 | Trivia
We’re back with another trivia question for you! How many starts did Adrian Gonzalez make at a position besides first base last year? HONOR CODE: No search engines. After the jump: The answer to the previous question, plus information on the grand prize....
