Just in case you missed in the second part of last Sunday’s Manny’s a changed man, here are some quotes from Dr. Thomas Gill regarding Jonathan Papelbon’s situation: “You can’t go to the literature and look at 200 pitchers who have had transient subluxations and say half are starters and half are relievers and this [...]
Wanted to do a little something different for tomorrow … Going to talk to Red Sox amateur scouting director Jason McLeod. He’s going to give his view on what the perception was at the time each of Baseball America’s Top 10 prospects were taken. He is also going to do the same with each of [...]
Woke up this morning, realized it wasn’t 70 degrees and sunny, and discovered another newbie into the bloggerific blogdome. Here it is. The one thing that I have come to realize in my relative young tenure as a blogger is that the cool thing to do is to welcome our new blogtastic fireballing friend with [...]
I’ve had enough of all of this baseball and 80 degree afternoons, I’m headed home. And who was the last player I see upon leaving the clubhouse at 9 a.m. this morning? Manny Ramirez, who gave a cordial how-do-you-do with bats in hand while heading out to batting practice. Although we will be taking a [...]
Josh Beckett just spoke following his 3-inning, 3-hit, 2-strikout performance against the Dodgers. Here are the highlights of his post-performance press conference: – Feels strong, although there are still things to iron out. – Feels like at times almost have to hold self back. – Blisters are still something he is careful with. After doing [...]
Can I just tell you that there are some spring training days which are horribly monotonous, and then others which are like today. The Dodgers are in town and with them comes plenty of people to talk to and talk about. With most of the masses heading across town to watch what turned into an [...]
The reality of spring training was on display today, whether the reactionary world up north wanted to see it or not. Curt Schilling pitched, Jason Varitek caught, and while both gave off the likeness of mid-season baseball players, their words not long after playing across town at Hammond Stadium told a different story. Schilling had [...]
Just waiting for Twins-Sox game to start over here across town at Hammond Stadium. Will have a lengthy post towards the end of the day (including answering questions) but wanted to post story from today’s paper. Link will be public later today, but until then here it is. Story has two parts: 1. How Marlins [...]
Just got back from sitting with some scouts, watching Daisuke Matsuzaka’s debut. He threw 25 pitches, 19 for strikes. Here is his pitch breakdown:AyersFastball, 92, double HutchinsonFastball, 91, StrikeFastball, 92, Ground out McGuireSlider, 81, BallSlider, 80, StrikeFastball, 91, Fouled offFastball, 92, Took third strike FratesCurveball, 78, StrikeFastball, 92, Fouled offSplitter, 82, BallFastball, 93, Strikeout swinging [...]
Hideki Okajima just busted out the line of the day. When asked if he felt overshadowed by tonight’s Daisuke Matsuzaka appearance, the Japanese lefty reliever said through a translator: ” I am willing to be a hero in the dark.” Start printing the t-shirts now.
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