April 2010

In last Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine, Amalie Benjamin presented a great piece on Papelbon and his pre-game rituals. The story also touched on a few other Sox players’ pre-game habits, including Tim Wakefield’s love of crossword puzzles — something that comes a surprise to absolutely no one. We suspect, however, that Amalie might have missed [...]

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Unless you’re a Twins fan…the Minnesota Twins, that is, the first-ever game at Target Field won’t be remembered fondly. Jon Lester looked as shaky as he did in his first outing, struggling through five grueling innings. Some other guy in a Red Sox uniform came in and pitched for a while, then Schoeneweis mopped up [...]

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For reasons unbeknown to anyone, Denton and I had another go at podcasting. Our second episode offers our take on Opening Day, the first week of play, and why parole sucks. Please note, we actually recorded this thing Saturday night, but our technical ineptitude prevented us from being able to upload it until now. We’ve [...]

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I can only imagine the reaction back at Red Sox HQ in the bottom of the seventh of last night’s game, when a line drive off the bat of David DeJesus went buzzing back toward the mound, threatening to separate Josh Beckett’s melon from his shoulders. With a fat contract just signed and our hopes [...]

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These early-season baseball games always play hell with my emotions. If I bitch too much after a Week One loss to the Royals, speak aloud my concerns for the bullpen’s inability to hold leads or Papi’s early returns, folks just point to the calendar, offer a sarcastic, “Yeah, at 1-3 we’ll never make October,” and [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I get a good feeling whenever Timmy takes the hill. He’s like a walking piece of Red Sox history — a guy who was once part of a Boston rotation that included Roger Clemens, Vaughn Eshelman, Erik Hanson and Zane Smith — and one of the last really nice [...]

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We talk a lot about the chemistry between Don and Jerry, and there’s no denying that their combined powers could probably knock out communism, swine flu and Beyonce for good. But I’m also intrigued by the Jim Ed-Amalie Benjamin dynamic. They don’t share a lot of screen time, but when they do, something in my [...]

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Great story in The New York Post: The Yankees closer ripped the umpire after West criticized the Yankees and Red Sox over the pace of their games. West was the crew chief for this week’s series between the teams. “It’s incredible,” Rivera told The Post. “If he has places to go, let him do something [...]

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John Lackey makes his Red Sox debut in tonight’s rubber match versus the Yanks. Nothing like easing slowly into a new role, no pressure here! I wrote this back in December when the Sox signed Lackey: Despite playing on good Angel teams, Lackey has only won more than 14 games once in his career (19-9 [...]

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