Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox History Lesson
Joe Cronin was a tremendous clutch hitter.
According to the baseball Hall of Fame website, Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack once said: ”Oh, my yes, Joe is the best there is in the clutch. With a man on third and one out, I’d rather have Cronin hitting for me than anybody I’ve [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox right-handed pitching prospect Stolmy Pimentel should be on your radar because he is a talented 20 year old.
The 6-foot-3, 186-pound Dominican Republic native was signed by the Red Sox in July 2006 at just 16 years old.
He pitched at Single-A Salem this past season, posting a 9-11 record with a 4.06 earned run [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox prospects Jose Iglesias, Anthony Ranaudo and Drake Britton all made ESPN’s Keith Law’s yearly top 100 prospects in baseball list.
Law ranked Iglesias, a 21-year-old shortstop who is a brilliant fielder, 45th in baseball. Inglesias batted .350 in 40 at-bats at Lowell and batted .285 in 221 at-bats at Portland this past season.
Ranaudo, 22-year-old right-handed pitcher, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox History Lesson
Note: The history lesson will be on Joe Cronin today, tomorrow and Saturday.
Hall of Famer Joe Cronin was a talented player and a leader from a young age on.
He was a player/manager for the Red Sox from 1935 through 1945.
Before being traded to Boston, he made his debut as a manager [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox pitching prospect Robert Coello has had a rollercoaster career so far to say the least.
He was drafted as a catcher by the Cincinnati Reds in the 20th round of the 2004 MLB June amateur draft., but missed 2005 with an injury and was released by Cincinnati in March 2006.
He then was signed in July [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox History Lesson
Ted Williams’ three best seasons in my opinion were 1941, 1942 and 1947.
Williams hit .406 in 1941 and is the last player to ever bat for a .400 or better average during a season. He also smashed a American League leading 37 home runs that year and also led the American League [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2011 Comments Off
Here is a video of me talking about Red Sox pitching prospect Jason Rice. In the video, I say that Rice developed a cutter during Winter Ball this year. Actually, he developed the cutter in the Arizona Fall League to be exact.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2011 Comments Off
Red Sox history lesson
Fred Lynn had a historic season rookie season in 1975, becoming the first player to win both the Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year.
But his best season with the Red Sox likely was 1979 when he hit 39 home runs, knocked in 122 runs and led the American [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2011 Comments Off
This 2011 Red Sox schedule was sent today in a press release by the Boston Red Sox:
Here is the press release sent out by the Red Sox:
The Boston Red Sox today announced the start times for their 2011 home games at Fenway Park. The Red Sox 2011 regular season general ticket on-sale begins this [...]
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