Archive for the "Curt Schilling" category

 

Wait, Schilling filed for free agency … already?

 

Over the course of the year, Curt Schilling made it perfectly clear that if the Red Sox didn’t extend him, he’d test the free agency waters. So, it seemed a bit - how should we say … pushy - that he’d officially file his papers the morning of Boston’s World Series parade through the city. [...]

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Dragnet Altitude: Sox at Rockies

 

If tonight’s matchup scares you a little bit, it probably should. The Rockies may be reeling, down 2-0 in the best-of-seven World Series, but they’re coming home for Game 3, and they’re coming home to a crowd with an appetite for intimidation and winning streaks, not necessarily in that order.

Daisuke Matsuzaka will get a chance [...]

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Schilling gives the Red Sox the best gift of all: Control

 

That’s a huge win, no matter when it comes.
Don’t get us wrong, it doesn’t hurt that Curt Schilling’s dream-weaving through 6+ innings came in the World Series, and that it was enough to get Boston a very significant 2-0 advantage heading to the Rocky Mountains. That makes it even bigger.
But at the end [...]

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Dragnet Fensational: Rockies at Sox

 

You know the scene from Field of Dreams where Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) finally brings Terence Mann (James Earl Jones) to his corn field, and and Mann turns to him and says: So, this is what heaven is like? The Sox are four wins away from feeling that euphoria. Again. For the second time in [...]

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Why keeping Wakefield off the roster could save the World Series

 

What, you thought the series hadn’t started yet? Au contraire, Pierre. The series really began yesterday, when the Red Sox and Rockies had to finalize rosters by 10 a.m., with both pulling what would have to be considered pretty significant surprises.

Tim Wakefield took to a microphone before the World Series rather than the mound, but [...]

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One more roundtable, for World Series’ sake

 

Like the ALDS and ALCS, we jumped on board with Red Sox Monster to be part of a Red Sox World Series roundtable, joining Red Sox Monster publisher Dan Lamothe (who kept his picks separate in a private podcast) and Red Sox Stats’ Guy’s Mike Colluci.
Without further ado, here’s the the full roundtable piece [...]

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The Morning After: Redemption, a Red Sox story

 

How else can you describe last night’s Game 6 throttling of the Indians? A 40 year-old starter who showed up to spring training bigger than a blimp came through with a gutsy, seven-inning performance. The most maligned man in Boston hit a first inning grand slam and tacked on another RBI in his second trip [...]

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Dragnet Faithful Fens: Indians at Sox

 

This is it. Again. And if things go well, we might even get to write that one more time this week.

The fans and the faith are there. The question is whether the Curt Schilling of old will make an appearance, too.
Still, it’s clear that Terry Francona thinks this thing is going in the right [...]

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An open letter to Curt Schilling: Take a cue from the Bee Jees

 

Somewhere in the aftermath of Boston’s 7-1 victory in Game 5, a lot of Red Sox fans seem to have lost sight of an important fact: The Sox are still down, three games to two. Like the Bee Jees, they’re still looking to Stay Alive.

Stayin’ Alive: That’s the goal Monsieur Schilling. We’ll talk moolah [...]

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The Morning After: Salvation, and a Peck

 

That’s what Cleveland gets for trotting out one of Josh Beckett’s former girlfriends, just one among many in a group that could grow after yet another impressive postseason win last night.

Danielle Peck is a looker, but her former boyfriend was the one breaking hearts last night.
What happened on the banks of Lake Erie last [...]

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