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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Now that all the celebratory champagne has started to dry, the Red Sox have to start to think about some business. And first on the to-do list is the reigning World Series MVP.
Dr. Double has a lot to celebrate: A World Series MVP and, in all likelihood, a rich, multi-year contract coming up.
From a [...]
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 [...]
As we prepare for the latest incursion by the senior blowhard of the Red Sox staff (cough, cough Curt Schilling, cough), with the latest Baseball-Reference preview, it’s hard not to turn the spotlight to one of his younger - much younger - teammates.
So far, Jacoby Ellsbury has been a hit with teammates and fans.
Jacoby [...]
He just couldn’t help himself.
Curt Schilling was out of the spotlight. His team was finding a way to win for two straight days, pushing across enough runs against the woeful Tampa Bay Devil Rays to cruise after surviving a four-game series against the AL West leading Los Angeles Angels. Of course, Schilling was part [...]
Like all minor league systems, Boston’s has positions of strength and weakness. Based on the focus of recent drafts, there are plenty of young Red Sox pitchers and a burgeoning crop of outfielders. Two years ago, the Sox were full of outfielders.
Catcher George Kottaras was brought in as a big chip in the David [...]
Allright, we’re not even coming up with a clever riff about last night’s loss. To painful. Let’s get right to the facts:
There’s no room for Jon Boy to leave frustrated in Anaheim tonight.
Baseball-Reference pitcher, team stats
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- Jon Lester vs. Dustin Moseley? Not quite Curt Schilling vs. Bartolo Colon, is it? But Lester needs to pitch [...]
Screw the Halos in the outfield. They’re killing the Sox. Where the hell is the meek team that got rolled out of Fenway in the April rain?
The coyote cleared trade waivers. Big surprise there, right?
Allright, some quick facts and figures for tonight’s Tim Wakefield showdown, courtesy Baseball-Reference
Also, here’s the dated head-to-head matchup info via boston.com
And, [...]
Don’t look now, but the “closer of the future” may be close to becoming a “setup man of the future”.
Craig Hansen is finally looking comfortable in a Sox uniform … in Pawtucket.
With Jonathan Papelbon inked in to the closer role for the Red Sox for years to come, closer prospects past like Craig Hansen [...]
Let me get this straight: The Red Sox land Eric Gagne but miss on an equally huge trade, for Jermaine Dye. Curt Schilling starts in AAA, all on the undercard of the biggest trade in any sport over the past three years, sending Minnesota basketball superstar to … Boston. And then, of course there’s Patriots [...]
