Monthly Archives: June 2008

In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

Yeah, yeah, I missed a week - that’s what happens when you hit Fenway. Anyway, more importantly the first half came to a close. About a week earlier than normal, in fact. The good news is that we ended the first half, as we did last year, in first place. The bad news is [...]

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Predicting Ellsbury: The Trends vs The Projections

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Boston Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury Vs Marlins 2008-03-03, originally uploaded by rosepetal236.

On June 14th, Dustin Pedroia had dropped his line to .260/.311/.365. Prompting this entry. Since that post, Pedroia has gone 29 for his last [...]

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Don’t Mess With (The Kid From) Texas: Buchholz’ Delivery

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claybuchholz5 crop, originally uploaded by firebrandal.

“This season, seven Red Sox pitchers have started more than five games. Six of them have ERAs below 4.20. The seventh, Clay Buchholz, pitched a no-hitter last season and currently [...]

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A Gentlemanly Response: Dave O’Brien

Kudos to Quincy’s own Dave O’Brien for his courteous and respectful response to my criticism some days back. Rather than popping off as a national scribe did at one point in response to something written by me, online, O’Brien’s response was measured and considered. I still do not agree with him, but I do understand [...]

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In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

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where I want to be, originally uploaded by sogrady.

Pap blew a save and we won, Oki imploded and we didn’t, and I single-handedly led us to victory on Wednesday. While I’m still mildly concerned about [...]

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Predicting Pedro: The Bad News, The Good News, and The No News

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pedroia, originally uploaded by eürodäna.

It’s the request hour here at wicked clevah, so by all means, let’s chat about Dustin Pedroia.
He’s slumping, but you all knew that. Players get rested for lots of reasons, [...]

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In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

Well, I don’t even know where to start. You’re screwed. You missed 1.) a sweep of Tampa, 2.) a brawl with Tampa, 3.) a brawl between Manny and Youk (not joking), 4.) an injury to Ellsbury, 5.) progress from Schill, 6.) held breath on Papi, 7.) two more good starts from Masterson and so on. [...]

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In Case You Haven’t Been Keeping Up With Current Events

(link courtesy of Dan Lamothe over at the Red Sox Monster)
Manny hit his 500th. In a Red Sox uniform. Which given that he was placed on unconditional waivers just a few years back, probably qualifies as mildly surprising. Kudos to Manny for this achievement, it’s a real benchmark.
One that, frankly, makes me appreciate just [...]

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