Sometimes I wonder what made everyone forget about Felix Doubront. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say that. I’ve got a good idea why, but I’m still wondering how he fell as off the radar as he did. Doubront was signed as an international free agent in 2004 – a time where the Red Sox farm system [...]
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Felix Doubront is for real
Posted in 2012 Boston Red Sox, Felix Doubront, tagged Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Cy Young Award, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Iglesias, Josh Reddick, Justin Masterson, Lars Anderson, Ryan Kalish, Will MIddlebrooks on June 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Want something to REALLY complain about?
Posted in 2012 Boston Red Sox, Red Sox Medical Staff, tagged Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Carl Crawford injury, Carl Crawford UCL, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Red Sox medical staff on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Forget complaining about the crappy bullpen. Forget complaining about Bobby Valentine’s usage of crappy pitchers in said crappy bullpen. Want something to complain about? How about this: The Boston Red Sox currently have $67,670,000’s worth of baseball players on the disabled list. That’s more than six MLB teams have in total payroll. Conceptualize that for [...]
Yes, even the Red Sox have polling numbers…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adrian, Adrian Gonzalez, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, JOE CRONIN, polls, Public Policy Polling on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
And they’re pretty interesting, too. The North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling recently released THIS awesome, fairly comprehensive poll on Red Sox fan sentiment. Check it out the NUMBAHS for yourself here. Highlights include: 81% of Massachusetts residents polled identify themselves as Red Sox fans. In a given city, that number is usually around 60-65%. From [...]
The trade that was not: Gio Gonzalez to the Red Sox
Posted in 2011-2012 Offseason, 2012 Red Sox offseason, Gio Gonzalez, tagged Ben Cherington, Gio Gonzalez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Oakland A's, Oliver Perez, Washington Nationals on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was funny waltzing around the Twitter universe today, reading folks’ reactions to the Gio Gonzalez trade to the Washington Nationals that was almost the Gio Gonzalez trade to the Boston Red Sox. Some folks were relieved. Others were pissed. Put me somewhere in between. You guessed it – a good ole’ fashioned fence rider. [...]
