The Dog Days of August

1 year ago, I was horribly horribly wrong. I raved about Theo’s most recent trade acquisition, Eric Gagne. I told you how it made us the best bullpen in the majors (with the at the time unbeatable Okajima, and Papelbon.) I told you how it was a godsend that he didn’t wind up in pinstripes. [...]

So… much… pitching…

I love it!
The Red Sox have pitched their way into the #1 record in the MLB.
Starting with Daisuke and his shutout 6 2/3 innings last weekend, and finishing off with Lester’s no-no, Masterson’s first win and a promising start from and old Cy-Young winner, we have now rattled off 6 in a row.
Let’s not forget [...]

April baseball brings… May Baseball!

April is over kiddies. It was a fun month. In recent years I’ve realized how much April really doesn’t matter. April is like pre-season games that actually wind up on your W-L record. Nobody is “out” yet, even if your team is struggling. Let’s look at what happened in April, good points, bad points, and [...]

Hold up!

One of my favorite, most underrated statistics in baseball, is the hold. I run a fantasy league every year, and Holds are always a statistic that I add to the league. I feel it give some validation to a middle reliever and counts accomplishments the way wins do for a pitcher or saves for a [...]

No Worries

Ahhh Baseball. So happy that you are back. Sorry that I haven’t been writing in this recently, but it hasn’t been part of my routine for a while but I’ll try and get back into it now that the season is here.
So the Red Sox seem to be off to a bit of a “slow” [...]

Offseason Updates

I apologize to those who have been checking for updates and haven’t seen any in a while. I have been following everything in baseball, I just have not had time to write about it. In any event, I thought I’d do a little catching up. Mitchell Report I’d like to start by expressing my huge excitement that nothing in [...]

2008 Red Sox: What They Should/Could and Will Look Like in the Future

2007 is over. The Red Sox were the best team in baseball, best regular season record and a World Series ring. The best part about this is, 2008 is going to look largely the same. Here is a position by position analysis of what the 2008 Boston Red Sox will look like, and what they [...]

Barry Bonds: I want one more year

2007 was big for Barry Bonds. Records were broken, set and talked about. Barry Bonds home run counters were everywhere, and most people hated it. I for one, didn’t want to be told by sports center how many minutes it had been since the last Barry Bonds home run.
In fact, 2 years ago I was [...]

2007 Baseball Awards

It’s over ladies and gentlemen. 2007 was a great baseball season filled with records, magic, underdogs, and juggernauts. Now it’s time to take a look back and pick my Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, and MVP awards. These are my picks, not the actual winners, though I’m hoping they closely align.
 AL [...]

DH: Use it or Lose it

The Designated Hitter. It is the one huge element keeping the two Major League Baseball Leagues apart. We all know what “national league” ball is, the style of manufacturing runs, and more small ball than its AL counterpart. The AL is famous for the big guys, the David Ortiz’s of the world getting paid to [...]