Was in the middle of watching the Boston College game, taking in all the scores from around the tournament, and realized something was missing. Alas, believe or not I’m the only person with a television set and a semblance of a gambling bone not to have filled out a tourney bracket. You don’t know what [...]
You know what happens when you spill iced tea on your laptop, try and find time to train for a marathon, and reunite myself with the wife and kids after being lost in the world of chain restaurants? You don’t blog. All of that is changed. I’m back and ready to spout out a couple [...]
Just finished a chat over on Sons of Sam Horn which you can check out. It was really cool of them to invite me and allow for some shameless cross-promotion. Was in communication with somebody with the Red Sox this morning and was told they were very encouraged by the performances of Craig Hansen and [...]
Rule 5 selection Nick DeBarr was sent back to Tampa Bay today, putting the cost to select him at $25,000. (It initially costs a team $50,000 to select a Rule 5 player, but it gets half back if the player doesn’t stick with the team.) The record will show that DeBarr pitched one scoreless inning, [...]
The latest closer to enter into the Red Sox’s radar is, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Armando Benitez. The 34-year-old reliever is scheduled to make $7.6 million this season, and is thought to be expendable because of the emergence of Londonderry, N.H. native Brian Wilson. The Chronicle reported of Benitez’s first outing, Sunday: Benitez, [...]
One question I answered yesterday was concerning whether or not I thought the Red Sox and Jason Varitek would come to terms following the life of his current contract. I thought that would be the case, but at the right price and right circumstances. I started thinking about Varitek’s importance a bit more thoroughly and [...]
Was watching the end of the Red Sox game today, with NESN going to the split-screen for the Daisuke Matsuzaka press conference (minus sound) and my wife asked me an interesting question: “Do they expect him to go undefeated?” My answer? “Some people do.” Two things jumped out at me in regards to Matsuzaka’s performance [...]
This is what the Red Sox front office utters with every dip in performance that shows up on its doorstep in Fort Myers. Spring training talent evaluation is a tricky thing, which I tried to portray in today’s Eagle-Tribune story (shamless cross-promotion alert … I’m sorry, I have to utter the words just to make [...]
Jason McLeod just found his ultimate prospect last month – Cameron Mikaele McLeod. At 9 pounds, 12 ounces the Red Sox’s director of amateur scouting immediately knew that his new-born son was meant to throw 200 innings per season. Fatherhood – the ultimate draft-and-follow. McLeod was nice enough to break free of diaper changes and [...]
Sitting here at WEEI watching Tony Mazz eat a salad, and listening to Glen Ordway tell us that the Red Sox must trade for Chad Cordero … right now! My take? Let’s wait two weeks. Don’t we all remember those what are we going to do with Frank Castillo comments on March 8 a few [...]
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