Posted in Red Sox on Mar 19th, 2007 4 Comments »
Talked to two scouts for today’s story in The Eagle-Tribune. One was from the National League and the other the American League, and both have been assigned to follow the Red Sox (among other teams) throughout spring training thus far. My question to them was in regards of their opinion concerning Boston’s closing situation. Both had basically identical viewpoints: That the Sox have a solid collection of sixth, seventh, and maybe eighth inning guys, but … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 19th, 2007 15 Comments »
This from Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com.
“I was asked about Lidge the other day by a Boston scout,” Astros general manager Tim Purpura told FOXSports.com on Sunday. “I didn’t say, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Hell no.’”
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 19th, 2007 7 Comments »
(When I said I would be back at 11 a.m., I hope you understood I was talking about Central time.)In case you haven’t seen it, Curt Schilling is in the blog zone over at 38 Pitches. Have … to … keep … up … (in case you missed it, the dots should be translated into breathlessness).I did have a couple of noteworthy conversations over the weekend, one with a big … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
Two things I have learned of late:1. Don’t put on the facade that you are going to keep up a blog when you are on vacation (as I was last week).2. Don’t plan on waking up before 8 a.m. the day after running 22 miles.I’m going to bloggerific (translation: a prolific blogger) this week. Fasten your seat belts. The season is coming, I have a bit of a respite, and now … continued »
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