by mike silver | Jan 4, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz
Ask anyone about the playoff prospects of the 2010 Red Sox and they are sure to tell you that a large part of them are riding on the bat of a resurgent David Ortiz. Papi has been one of the biggest cogs in the Red Sox machine for the better part of the past decade....
by mike silver | Dec 30, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Marco Scutaro, Michael Bowden, Mike Cameron
There is a difference between the Red Sox and nearly every other team in baseball – and it’s pretty obvious. How lucky are our home town fans, that our very own Boston squad has significantly more money to spend on players most other teams. Actually, all but one...
by mike silver | Dec 28, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, Michael Bowden
Important Seasons Upcoming for Bowden and Lowrie For all the talk about 2010 being a “bridge” year, it looks more like the team is building a new Boston skyline than a bridge over troubled water. With three big free agent signings already in the books and more...
by mike silver | Dec 23, 2009 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Javier Vazquez, New York Yankees
Haymakers and The Vazquez Deal Punch. Then counter punch. The Sox signed John Lackey. Then the Yankees added Javier Vazquez. While not a knockout punch by any means, the move is a big blow by any measure – maybe a rib-buster or a deep cut above the left eye....
by mike silver | Dec 16, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Uncategorized
This will certainly be a defining offseason when Red Sox historians look back on Theo Epstein’s legacy as Boston GM. If the acquisitions work, fans and media alike will sing high praise – and the untouchable GM will become all the more invincible. If the moves fail,...
