All posts on July, 2011

The second half of the season finally kicks off tonight for the Red Sox, and they have an opportunity this weekend to put some distance between …

The Roger Clemens perjury proceedings ended abruptly when the judge declared a mistrial. Sounds like a monumental error on the part of the prosecution…or they …

The topics of performance enhancing drugs in baseball and possible realignment had to take a back seat so Bud Selig could address the real issue …

Hi Def is not doing Joe Buck or Tim McCarver any favors. Rickie Weeks swinging and missing during the Home Run Derby was epic. The …

If they mixed a few of those hot chicks from the Celebrity Softball tournament into the National and American League line-ups, I’d consider the All …

Just kidding, of course. We love the All Star Game. Right?

Aw, that rat bastard Cano can have the Home Run Derby title. I’ll be happier to see Gonzo take World Series MVP.

How does this happen every year? After waiting what seems like an eternity for winter to pass, Spring Training to arrive, and finally Opening Day…then …

A standing ovation for the recently struggling but positively-brilliant-last-night John Lackey? Well played, Fenway crowd. Well played indeed. And I don’t care that it was …

Not quite sure what the game plan is if Lackey can’t beat the lowly Os tonight. If he can’t tame the team with the second-to-worst …

I suppose if I spent enough time in the dank, foreboding gallows of the AL East, being viewed as a perennial kicking bag and managed …

Nothing like a four game series with the Orioles to really wake the bats up. And thanks in part to the triumphant return of Derek …

So let me get this straight: the Sox pound thirteen hits, six of them home runs; Papi, Reddick and Salty go back-to-back-to-back in the seventh; …

With the recent rash of injuries to the starting rotation, Mr. Wakefield becomes a more important factor in the success of our Red Sox. Once …

Holy Great Healing powers, how does he do it? Interesting article on Yahoo, particularly suspect because of the McGwire factor…

Jon Lester pitched four no-hit innings, then didn’t come out for the fifth. The official word is a strained lat. So let’s review: Dice-K out …

I understand the Red Sox owe him a shit-ton of money over the next few years, but if they want to win another World Series, …

It took an eight-inning masterpiece from the Commander and a walked-in run in the ninth to get it done, but the Sox completed the sweep …

Actually, you’ve got a whole team of problems. The early-April Red Sox, who returned for a good part of this road trip, were replaced by …

Very interesting stat I found over on CBS Sportsline: The Red Sox have scored 74 runs in the seventh inning this season – no other …

The Yankees were 36-28 when Jeter went down with an injury. They are 12-3 since. Coincidence? Are they really excited to be getting him back?

Has anyone figured this team out yet? Some nights they look every bit the team that started 2-10, other nights we’re sure the 15-run games …