The airwaves and water coolers can’t get enough of this guy. He is a lightning rod, now more than ever. Roger Clemens is pitching on Monday in Chicago rather than on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Boston. I’ve heard everything from “wimp,” to “coddling,” to “he’s not ready.” Being a Yankee, the first two characterizations [...]
Cleveland Indians GM Mark Shapiro left press passes for New England Patriots GM Scott Pioli and backup QB Vinny Testaverde. It has been reported many times over, but I’ll give you the Reader’s Digest version: Shapiro was an intern with the Indians and Pioli was an intern/gopher with the Browns (Bill Belichick hired him after [...]
Talk about a tough question? Josh Beckett was probably the runaway favorite until he took a 15-day break (he pitches again today) at 7-0 with a 2.66 ERA. Let me know your top five, in order. Here are mine: 1. Kevin Youkilis. It’s time to stop taking this guy for granted. He is getting better [...]
Other than each trailing team making some noise in the late innings, this series was a bust. It really isn’t as much fun when the tying run is on second base and the entire stadium is up on its feet. “I really like it when it is close,” said former Red Sox manager Joe Morgan [...]
Check in here after the Red Sox-Yankees game tonight and check out my analysis and send in your thoughts. It should be a good one with Andy Pettitte going against Curt Schilling. The Red Sox always seem to get Pettitte in trouble, only for the Yankees lefty to get out of it. I’m predicting a big [...]
Lucky obviously isn’t cutting it. Send me some of your ideas on what the Celtics should nickname their mascot. My offering: Rotten Luck … He deserves a first name and last name.
Really now, Lucky? It’s official: The Celtics are anything but. Fans will complain that the Celts got what they deserved when they semi-tanked it the last two months of the season when it became apparent they weren’t a playoff team. But you can’t blame them. For the chance to get Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, [...]
The Red Sox just beat the Yankees, 7-3, in a game most probably wrote off as a Yankees win. I know I did. What can you say about Julian Tavarez (did you know he is 2-0 vs. Yankees in ’07) and the bullpen? Tavarez is obsessed with holding onto that role and right now it’s [...]
OK. I got your attention. The obvious answer is yes, because they are the Yankees and, well, your Red Sox are the Red Sox. History, especially recent history, shows writing off a talent-laden Yankees team in May is foolish. But what if it happens? What if the Red Sox sweep the Yankees? What if the [...]
It was the Red Sox version of the Ryder Cup, Japan vs. USA. Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and interpreter Jeff Yamaguchi, a teaching pro in his native Japan, went up against Red Sox pitchers Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield on the golf course last week. Where was this historic golf matchup played? In Canada, of [...]
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