QUESTION: Trade targets?

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized

I have a question for the community that I’d like us to discuss in the comments. What should our focus be as the trading deadline approaches? Should it be acquiring a starter? Dumping Coco Crisp? Let’s talk about what we should do, and I’ll cobble...

Manny’s got pull Remy don’t got…

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized

I came across this video today for the first time (thanks Art) today. Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo are having trouble with the security in Cleveland and aren’t able to convince the “guard” that they are “on the list” for admittance to...

Jon Lester knocking our (red) socks off

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Jon Lester

Whoever coined the phrase “less is more” must have been talking about Jon Lester. Lester has emerged before our very eyes to give the Red Sox a weapon they have lacked since the Bruce Hurst days: a bona fide left-handed starter that can pitch near the top...

Deadline Deal: Starter?

by | Jun 25, 2008 | C.C. Sabathia, Erik Bedard

The Red Sox, year in and year out, have their name surfaced around the trade deadline and the weeks prior. The team is in contention annually, has the necessary payroll to make any type of deal without worrying too much about cost, often looks to upgrade with the...

Pepsi’s TRIVIA: Five consecutive openers

by | Jun 25, 2008 | Trivia

Daniel Rathman and Tessie’s Dad are jockeying for first place! Rathman was able to identify Jim Rice as a Red Sox slugger who broke his bat just by gripping it too hard. Here’s the new trivia question: Who is the only Red Sox pitcher to start five...

Make it 19

by | Jun 24, 2008 | Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon

Yes, 19 come from behind wins for the Boston Red Sox and 12 in their last at bat. Jason Varitek drove home the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth on a single to right plating Mike Lowell to give Boston a 5-4 lead. Jonathan Papelbon shut the door in the ninth for...