Nine to Know: Three Sunday Walkoffs and more
Drew Stubbs hit a 9th inning leadoff walkoff homer giving the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. a Jeff Baker hit a pinch-hit walkoff single in the 10th inning as the Cubs defeated...
View ArticleJacoby Ellsbury walkoff redux
For the second straight game, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians on a walkoff hit. For the second straight game, Jacoby Ellsbury delivered the hit, a single on Tuesday and a homer last...
View ArticleStreaks continue, streaks end, streaks begin
Aristotle streaking behind David Niven I look at the title of this entry and I feel very philosophical. It turns out that Plato, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle were all huge baseball fans and Epicurus...
View ArticleWakefield tries again for #200
You get the feeling that balls will be flying all over Fenway tonight as for the eighth start Tim Wakefield will be going for his 200th win. Wakefield (6-6, 5.03 ERA) hasn’t been pitching poorly in his...
View ArticleA night of milestones, millstones, and moments
While you were sleeping, Mariano Rivera achieved one of the greatest milestones in pitching history as he became just the second reliever to reach the 600 save mark. By closing out the Seattle Mariners...
View ArticleFrom the Bill Chuck Files – Winter Meetings Edition I
Names you may be hearing about from Dallas: Lifetime at Wrigley Field, Albert Pujols is 95-for-319 (.298) with 26 homers, 67 RBI and a .999 OPS while Prince Fielder is 53-for-178 (.298) with 11 homers,...
View ArticleBig Papi heading back to Fenway
While reliever Sergio Santos was precisely the top of pitcher who would have been ideal for the Boston Red Sox, they apparently were trying to match up with the ChiSox on Carlos Quentin, who hit .254...
View ArticleNine to Know: Tim Wakefield edition
Tim Wakefield is finally retiring his knuckleball at 45. Wake pitched 19 seasons and finishes with a 200-180 record and 4.41 ERA in 627 appearances (463 starts) for the Pirates and Red Sox. He also...
View ArticleTim Wakefield to teach the knuckler to washed-up QBs
There are many things to look forward to on the MLB Network as we prepare for the new season. On the other hand, there’s a new reality show for the truly baseball-desperate. Beginning next Wednesday,...
View ArticleNine to Know: Pitchers who should learn the knuckleball
Josh Booty has won the awful MLB Network reality television show The Next Knuckler and will now go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but this could have been the start of something...
View ArticleJacoby Ellsbury walkoff redux
For the second straight game, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians on a walkoff hit. For the second straight game, Jacoby Ellsbury delivered the hit, a single on Tuesday and a homer last...
View ArticleStreaks continue, streaks end, streaks begin
Aristotle streaking behind David Niven I look at the title of this entry and I feel very philosophical. It turns out that Plato, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle were all huge baseball fans and Epicurus...
View ArticleWakefield tries again for #200
You get the feeling that balls will be flying all over Fenway tonight as for the eighth start Tim Wakefield will be going for his 200th win. Wakefield (6-6, 5.03 ERA) hasn’t been pitching poorly in his...
View ArticleA night of milestones, millstones, and moments
While you were sleeping, Mariano Rivera achieved one of the greatest milestones in pitching history as he became just the second reliever to reach the 600 save mark. By closing out the Seattle Mariners...
View ArticleFrom the Bill Chuck Files – Winter Meetings Edition I
Names you may be hearing about from Dallas: Lifetime at Wrigley Field, Albert Pujols is 95-for-319 (.298) with 26 homers, 67 RBI and a .999 OPS while Prince Fielder is 53-for-178 (.298) with 11 homers,...
View ArticleBig Papi heading back to Fenway
While reliever Sergio Santos was precisely the top of pitcher who would have been ideal for the Boston Red Sox, they apparently were trying to match up with the ChiSox on Carlos Quentin, who hit .254...
View ArticleNine to Know: Tim Wakefield edition
Tim Wakefield is finally retiring his knuckleball at 45. Wake pitched 19 seasons and finishes with a 200-180 record and 4.41 ERA in 627 appearances (463 starts) for the Pirates and Red Sox. He also...
View ArticleTim Wakefield to teach the knuckler to washed-up QBs
There are many things to look forward to on the MLB Network as we prepare for the new season. On the other hand, there’s a new reality show for the truly baseball-desperate. Beginning next Wednesday,...
View ArticleNine to Know: Pitchers who should learn the knuckleball
Josh Booty has won the awful MLB Network reality television show The Next Knuckler and will now go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but this could have been the start of something...
View ArticlePORCELLO HEADING TO MOST RED SOX LOSSES IN THE LAST 50 YEARS
“Anomaly,” thy name is 2016 Rick Porcello. Rick Porcello has been a steady back-end of the rotation pitcher since 2009. His lifetime record of 111-96, 1.312 WHIP, and 4.23 ERA speaks volumes. Last...
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