by dan rowinski | Apr 18, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Javier Vazquez, Jeff Niemann, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield, Wade Davis
Good businesses make money in the margins. Think about a restaurant. Think about a medium-rare filet mignon with potatoes gratin, sautéed broccolini, horseradish cream and port reduction that costs 28 dollars. Sure, that gets you in the door but it is not where the...
by mike silver | Mar 1, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jeremy Hermida, Manny Delcarmen, Michael Bowden
As the hometown team boasts one of the strongest starting nine in the American League, it can be difficult to detect sleepers among the pack. Don’t be fooled, however. They are there and prepped to support an elite cast looking to avenge last season’s early playoff...
by mike silver | Oct 27, 2009 | Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jose Contreras
When any new phenomenon arrives, it takes a while for people to adjust their lifestyle and accommodate these changes. Cell phones are the most recent example. The Internet was another. In the baseball world, free agent-prospects are the newest slang, which,...
by jake digregorio | Oct 3, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jeremy Sowers, Kevin Youkilis
“Effective” isn’t a term often used to describe Daisuke Matsuzaka’s outings, but that’s exactly what he looked like in last night’s start, as the Red Sox took a second win off of the Cleveland Indians, 6-2. Dice worked through six innings, allowing only five hits and...
by mike silver | Sep 26, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Recap, New York Yankees
On Saturday night, the Sox and Yanks added another thrilling match to their rivalry’s dossier. The game was hotly contested for the first seven innings. The game was scoreless through 5 ½, before the Yankees broke through in the sixth on a Robinson Cano homer to...