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A Reader Speaks! And I Listen...
2008-01-20 13:21:00
Peter here, on this still early Sunday morning, and since my last post two hours ago, the temperature has gone down to 18 degrees F. But my heart was warmed when I read this. Please share it with me...Hi Peter, I was going to post this as a comment on "Room for Two?" but I don't have a Google Account (yet), so I figured I'd just e-mail it to you: "Those early morning posts are something you can always count on. Every day, about anything and everything Boston Red Sox. I wouldn't have it any other way. Would you?" (Peter here, and those were MY words in the post "Room For Two?") Here is the rest of her email... --Of course not! The only reason I wake up for school on time everyday is so that I can read this each morning (and then I re-read it when I get back from school and before I go to bed, just to make sure I didn't miss any of your wonderful posts)!----------------------I just wanted to let you know that even though I don't comment, I read your excellent site everyday. How...
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Red Sox Eying Brad Wilkerson
2008-01-20 12:06:00
Good morning on this football Sunday, a cold one, as promised. But not as cold as it will be in Green Bay, which will have an absurd high temperature in the LOW single numbers, WITHOUT any wind chill factored in. But I digress. I'm good at it! The Boston Red Sox are reportedly looking into the possibility of obtaining Brad Wilkerson, an outfielder/first baseman lefty, to take on the role that Eric Hinske filled so well last year. This excerpt is from the Herald's Rob Bradford and the great site MLB Trade Rumors. Read on... "As was first suggested by MLB Trade Rumors, it has been learned that the Red Sox do have some interest in outfielder/first baseman Brad Wilkerson, although there still figures to be healthy competition for the free agent. It has been reported that he is asking for a three year deal worth $21 million.The idea would be presumably be to slot Wilkerson in the role filled last season by Eric Hinske, a left-hander off the bench who can play both outfield and first ba...

Room For Two?
2008-01-19 12:03:00
Terry Francona yesterday expressed his feelings about the prospect of heading into the 2008 season with two centerfielders- Coco Crisp AND Jacoby Ellsbury. Here is a little bit of what he had to say, and then I'll be back with my two cents, whatever that's worth (two cents?)..."I have no problem with that," Francona said yesterday before the Boston Baseball Writers dinner. "I told Theo [ Epstein] that early on. I know the players might not be the most thrilled, but I have no problem with that. I think that would be just fine. If you had an outfield of [J.D.] Drew, Crisp, Ellsbury, and Manny [Ramírez], pretty impressive."I'd have told Theo if I did [have a problem with it], not necessarily that means he's going to make a change, but I told him I have no problem with this.""They both [Crisp and Ellsbury] are on our team, so it's a little easier to talk about that than if somebody was traded," Francona said. "Those are the things we always do, though. When something's not perfec...
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Roger Clemens Hires New D.C. Powerhouse Lawyer
2008-01-18 11:41:00
As if Rusty Hardin wasn't enough, Roger Clemens , in anticipation and preparation for his meetings with members of Congress, has hired a "big gun," a Washington D.C. lawyer named Lanny A Breuer. This is from the January 18th New York Times, and then I'll return with some comments..."Roger Clemens has bolstered his legal team, hiring a powerhouse Washington lawyer, Lanny A. Breuer, who represented former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment hearings as well as numerous corporations that were the subject of Congressional investigations.Lanny A. Breuer, the Washington lawyer hired by Clemens, represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment hearings.Rusty Hardin, Clemens?s Houston lawyer, said late Thursday that he had recruited Breuer to be his client?s ?local counsel? in Washington because of his expertise.?We?d talked to him, and we?d just been waiting a day or two to check out conflicts,? Hardin said. ?He had no conflicts.?Clemens, who has won seven Cy Young awards but now...
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Yes, It's Arbitration Time...
2008-01-17 12:12:00
Kevin Youkilis, who I think is due for a long-term contract instead of another one year deal, Javier Lopez and Kyle Snyder have filed for salary arbitration, it was reported in the Boston Globe. Here are a few details..."Youkilis and Lopez are arbitration-eligible for the first time. Snyder signed last January for $535,000 and avoided arbitration in 2007. Youkilis was paid $424,500 last season after he and the Sox could not come to contract terms and he was renewed at that figure by the club; he figures to get a substantial bump."Peter here, and my goodness! $424,500 for the best fielding first baseman in the game today? And he's no slouch at the plate, either, with a keen eye when it comes to the strike zone and the ability to hit to ALL fields, with power. And in a pinch, he'll move across the diamond to third base. What a bargain for the Boston Red Sox! I don't know about you, but I think it's time that the club inks him to a multi-year deal, commensurate with his overall val...
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This Is Nice...
2008-01-16 18:13:00
Hello again...Peter here...and this news blurb caught my attention... "The House That Jeter Built has a new sign that unmistakably promises great baseball will be played there.The words "Yankee Stadium," solidly etched in gold-leafed stone, were hoisted by crane onto the team's new South Bronx home this week.And now there's rock-solid proof that unlike countless other sports teams that have given up stadium-naming rights to big corporations, Yankee tradition is not for sale."Peter again. And you know what? No matter what the stadium is called, it's still the home of the Pinstriped Yankees. I wish them the best. Almost kinda sorta...I hope you know what I mean...puzzled, as always, Peter. Kinda sorta...but it's me!! HEY, that's me!
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The Future Is NOW!
2008-01-16 12:20:00
Good morning! Boston College was the workout location for some of the young Red Sox future superstars, including Clay Buchholz, Dustin Richardson and Jed Lowrie. This blurb is from the Boston Globe... "Clay Buchholz and Dustin Richardson hope they're in the running to make the Red Sox. When you looked out at the football field in the indoor bubble at Boston College's Alumni Stadium yesterday, you saw the reason why many Red Sox fans don't want to make the Johan Santana trade.You saw a confident, personable, Derek Lowe-like Justin Masterson and shortstop-of-the-future Jed Lowrie, both of whom have been mentioned in a possible trade for Santana. You saw a bulked-up, maturing Clay Buchholz, who may be the Red Sox' lone untouchable, though he may not even break camp with them, given the depth of their rotation.The talent on the field - invited guests to the Red Sox' annual rookie development program - was a testament to how far the system has come. Baseball America, the bible of mi...
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Bye Bye Tina? Say It Ain't So!
2008-01-15 14:27:00
Hello again. This is from CENTERFIELD, a very nice place to visit. The original story was from the Boston Herald. My thanks go to both..."NESN's Red Sox go-to gal Tina Cervasio was spotted in the Fox 5 newsroom down in NYC recently.That would be the same Fox 5 that currently has an opening for a weekend sports anchor!Word is, Tina's contract with the Sox-owned NESN is up and they haven't exactly shown our girl the love that she deserves. Pity...Adding to the intrigue is the fact that Fox 5 GM Lew Leone hired Tina to work for him when he ran CBS2 in the Big Apple. So he is a fan.Does this mean we're going to be seeing Tina interviewing the Pinstripe gang and the 'Ropolitans? Are we going to need to start up some sort of letter-writing campaign to keep her around - because who else is Papelbon going to have to oogle from behind?"Peter here. I just thought I'd put that out there for you. Tina is a mainstay of our wonderful NESN coverage of EVERY RED SOX GAME ON EARTH. And we'd m...

Santana Continuing What-Ifs...
2008-01-15 11:48:00
Rumors of continuing talks between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins, with the Mets still in the mix, are still being reported. This is what the man himself, Johan Santana , had to say recently. This is from ESPN dot com..."I'm a Minnesota Twin. That's all I know. It's up to them (the Twins). Whatever they have to do is going to happen. It has nothing to do with me at all," Santana told the News-Press of Fort Myers recently. "I said it from the beginning during the season last year, whatever will be the best for this team and this organization, I'll agree with that."Peter here, and that makes sense to me. He knows he's eligible for free agency after the '08 season, and to the highest bidder he will go...unless the Twins do the understandably logical thing and trade him for multiple prospects. I just wanted to update you, my Constant readers, with anything new, but the murmurs are just that...whispered mutterings almost under the limits of human hearing. The GM of the ...

Angry Baseball Fan Sues Yankees Because Of PEDs, Claiming Consumer Fraud!
2008-01-14 12:03:00
Good Monday morning. I came across a story from the website of the Press Association. Here is a bit of it, and I'll be back after you check it out..."A long-time baseball fan is suing the New York Yankees over some players' reported use of performance-enhancing drugs, saying he wants repayment for 221 US dollars (£112) in tickets and a public response from his once-beloved team."I look at it almost as consumer fraud," said Matthew Mitchell, 30, a Brooklyn resident who said he went to his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1984. "If I'm going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be the real thing."The Yankees declined to comment."Peter here, and if the Yankees DID have a comment, I have no idea what it would be! But it will cost him far more than the $212.00 in legal fees if he goes through with the proceedings, but that is his legal right. I double checked to make sure this was a real news story and not a goof, and I found a report from ABC news that verifies it. I have lin...
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CHA..CHA..CHA..CHING CHARGERS!
2008-01-13 22:21:00
28-24...San Diego Chargers ! It will be the Chargers AT the Patriots!! The Colts go down....hard! And I'll say this. YES!!!!!!!!

Winter Storm Christopher Is About To BOP Us...
2008-01-13 12:31:00
Hello...it's me, just a few minutes after my last post on this still dark Sunday morning, a morning to go to the supermarket and stock up. That's what everybody's mindset will be, because when a big storm is forecast to hit in the nighttime hours and every school in the state will be closed tomorrow, people MUST GO OUT AND BUY MILK. Milk? Why, will the cows not make it through this storm? Moo to my bovine readers! Oh, another item that will be on people's shopping lists...BREAD. Milk and bread. All I know is that I will be one of those who will be at the market when they open up at 8AM. But I was going anyways, and milk and bread are NOT on my list. Does that make me different in any way? No, I'll just be another person waiting in the checkout line, chatting about the weather to come with my fellow friends and neighbors while waiting for my items to be lucky enough to be scanned by a trained professional. Just one of the masses. I'll be back early tomorrow morning, with a ...
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Butt, Butt...
2008-01-13 11:49:00
Good Sunday morning. I'll file this post under the heading "might contain too much information." It concerns the buttocks of one Roger Clemens, known as "Rocket" to some, "future All Star" to others, and "liar" to a growing number of sports enthusiasts and members of Congress. This is from ESPN dot com, dated January 12..."Brian McNamee told federal law enforcement officials that Roger Clemens developed an abscess on his buttocks around the time that McNamee said he was giving him steroid injections in 1998, a lawyer with knowledge of details of the case told The New York Times.'It is far less likely that any injection of vitamin B12 or lidocaine, which is usually not injected deep into the body, would have created an abscess," said Dr. Gary I. Wadler, a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to the Times. "Steroid users tend to repetitively inject the drug deep into the muscle and this has been associated with the development of sterile abscess.' "Peter here, and this...
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Daisuke Is Getting Ready For 2008...His Sophomore Season
2008-01-12 12:16:00
This blurb was in the Friday Boston Herald, and it concerns our Japanese starting pitcher. His name? Daisuke Matsuzaka. Remember him? Of course you do. Boy, it's been a long time since I've even typed his name! Here it is, in its entirety, and then a couple comments from yours truly will follow..."Daisuke Matsuzaka began preparing for his 2008 season Sunday with a five-hour workout at his former team?s Seibu Lions stadium in Tokorozawa, Japan.Matsuzaka told reporters he planned to work out in Japan for about a month and that unlike last year, he would not be conducting his January workouts in Southern California. A year ago, Matsuzaka spent much of this month throwing and exercising near his agent Scott Boras? home office in Newport Beach, Calif., before reporting to Fort Myers for his first season with the Red Sox."Peter here, and we all expect great things from the talented pitcher who enthralled all of us last year, his first season in the United States' baseball system. When ...
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Believe It Or Not (NOT!!)
2008-01-11 12:35:00
This is from a NY Yankees fan web publication....."Kennedy: Member Of '04 Red Sox Used PEDs...""On the drive home tonight, from work, I caught the very last minutes of The Show on X-Radio (MLB Home Plate) with Rob Dibble and Kevin Kennedy.At that time, Kevin Kennedy was addressing a caller who had some thoughts on the Mitchell Report.I was pretty surprised at what Kennedy had to say there. In wanting to make a point about the Mitchell Report not being the all-inclusive bible of naming PED users, Kevin Kennedy said that a current colleague of his, who was with the Boston Red Sox in 2004, told him that he (the colleague) witnessed, for a fact, a member of the '04 Red Sox injecting himself in the buttocks with a needle full of PEDs. Kennedy said that the user is no longer a member of the Red Sox - but, he was a player on the team that won the ring in 2004. As per Kennedy, his colleague said that the "user" was giving a demo (to the "colleague") on how to do the injection.It's pretty...

Back To Back, 'Belli To 'Belli
2008-01-11 12:05:00
Tim Wakefield's "personal" catcher will be back for another season in 2008, and I'm happy about it. Yes, he can catch the unpredictable Wakefield knuckleball as well as anyone, but we all have to hope he can raise his batting average to a more respectable number. This is from the Boston Herald..."According to sources, Mirabelli has agreed in principle a one-year deal from the team that will pay him in the range of a guaranteed $550,000 to serve as backup to Jason Varitek. The guaranteed portion of the deal is down from the $750,000 Mirabelli earned last season, but incentives allow the catcher to reach an approximate $1 million ceiling that he had last year."Peter here. Our catcher situation (for now...think Varitek and new contract) is secure, but the Red Sox have done nothing yet to bolster the bullpen with another arm or two. And the skipper still needs a contract deal. And, of course, the Santana talks seem to have been on hold for a long time. In fact, there is more trade tal...
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Clemens' Congressional Hearing Postponed...Buddy LeRoux
2008-01-10 12:07:00
Congress wants to be prepared, fully ready and armed when Roger Clemens and his lawyer(s) walk through their door. This is from the Globe of Boston, and then I'll be back with a few other things on this slow Red Sox news day..."Congress wants to be prepared when Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, head to Capitol Hill.The House hearing involving Clemens, McNamee and Andy Pettitte was postponed Wednesday from Jan. 16 until Feb. 13, giving lawmakers more time to gather evidence, to take depositions from the witnesses and to coordinate their investigation with the Justice Department."Peter here, and now I don't know who to believe. McNamee, with seemingly no reason in the world to lie to Sen. Mitchell, HAS lied in the past, reports that have recently surfaced say, so he's no angel either. The facts WILL come out, but this cannot and will not help Clemens' chances for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Remember, Mark McGuire received the same paltry vote tota...
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GOOSE Is Golden, Rice Is Cooked, Again!
2008-01-09 12:11:00
The intimidating flamethrower Goose Gossage roared into the Hall of Fame, named on 86% of the ballots, and deservedly so. The story was a different one for Red Sox slugger Jim Ed Rice . He was named on only 72% of the ballots, 16 votes shy of the number needed for election to the hallowed shrine in Cooperstown. It took Goose nine years to get in. He had this to say..."It's just off the charts," Gossage said Tuesday from his home in Colorado, where he was informed he was at last elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "Having to wait so long, if anything, made it sweeter than if I was elected on the first ballot."Peter here. I wish Jim Rice had something to be elated about, and he is running out of years of eligibility. Next year will be his last shot. He was magnanimous in defeat, however, and had this to say after learning the sad news..."Today's results are obviously a disappointment," Rice said in a statement distributed by the Red Sox. "I believe my accomplishments speak for them...
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The Hall Of Fame Voting Is Here, And Another Choice Quote From Roger Clemen
2008-01-08 12:12:00
Today is the day that, if all is right in the world, Goose Gossage will roar into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Jim Ed Rice should also get the 75% of the votes needed for admission. IF ALL IS RIGHT IN THE BASEBALL WORLD. Gossage was a savage hurler who had many saves of more than one inning. And we all know about Jim Ed Rice, once one of the most feared hitters in all of baseball. The conditions are better than they ever have been or will be for his induction. This is from the Hartford Courant's ace sportswriter, Jeff Jacobs. He is my favorite sports scribe...."Gossage should roar into the Hall of Fame. Rice, a power hitter, should slide into the Hall of Fame barely under the tag of the naysayers.Gossage won 124 games, saved 310 and struck out 1,502 batters in 1,809 innings. He had 52 saves of at least seven outs. Mariano Rivera has one. With a 100 mph fastball, he was a two-inning knockout artist.Arguing Rice's qualifications has become as much a New England winter pastime as co...
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TICK TICK TICK....
2008-01-07 12:24:00
I hope you had a chance to see the Mike Wallace 60 Minutes interview of Roger Clemens. I did, although the phone interupted me for an important long distance phone call right as it began. So I missed a little, but there was a report this morning from Front Row Sports Report dot com that listed the key points. Here are most of them, with my comments in brackets. And then I'll leave you with a few more..."Clemens is very angry and upset he is not getting the respect he thinks he deserves. (AWWW)He got to where he was and played for so long through hard-work - that?s it. (TELL IT TO CONGRESS)Clemens looked visibly uncomfortable at various points in the interview. (HE DID!)Clemens denies everything that McNamee said. (OF COURSE HE DID!!)Steroids are a ?quick fix? and why did his body not break down after his alleged use. (ROCKET, YOUR INJURIES MOUNTED AND MULTIPLIED LATE IN YOUR CAREER, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR)Clemens was completely shocked to learn about Andy Pettitte?s involvement with ...
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Cashman And Steinbrenner And Santana...The New Boss And The GM Disagree??
2008-01-06 11:59:00
I came across an article from the Sunday Boston Herald, written by the always readable Rob Bradford, that I'd like to comment about. Here's a bit of it, and I'll link the entire piece to this post's title. Read on!"As Brian Cashman walked out of Fenway Park's EMC Club yesterday, the New York Yankees general manager offered a final message.?Right now,? said Cashman, ?all is quiet.?But when it comes to the Yankees and a potential trade for Minnesota Twins ace Johan Santana , comments from both Cashman and the team?s senior vice president, Hank Steinbrenner, suggest serenity is anything but the norm these days.On Friday, Steinbrenner told the Associated Press: ?Nothing is really decided at this point. I?m still leaning toward doing it. There?s others leaning not to do it. There are some others that are leaning to do it also. Disagreements within the organization. Nothing major, but just different opinions. I?ve changed my opinion a couple times.?(Steinbrenner then said this about C...
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Knock Knock, CONGRESS Calling.....
2008-01-05 11:59:00
The United States Congress has been gracious enough to invite Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte, among others, to testify in front of a Congressional hearing that will look into the Mitchell investigation. This is from the Boston Globe, and then I'll be back with a comment. Boy oh boy, you bet I will...."Now Roger Clemens gets a chance to tell his side of the story under oath. So does his good pal Andy Pettitte. And their former trainer, Brian McNamee, too. Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, was asked Friday to testify before a congressional committee looking into the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball, nearly three years after the same panel brought sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro to Capitol Hill.Also invited to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Jan. 16 were Clemens' former New York Yankees teammates Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch; McNamee, who has said he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone; and former Mets clubhous...
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Long-Term Deal For Youkilis Would Be Nice!
2008-01-04 11:47:00
It's Friday already. Talk about the joy of a short week. Two of 'em, in fact! I could get used to this...easily. I was reading the sports section of the Boston Herald online this early morning, and I came across an article about our first baseman supreme, Gold Glover Kevin Youkilis. In it, Youk's agent mentions Kevin's contract status, and whether the Sox will sign him to a long-term deal rather than the previous series of one year deals. Here's part of what he had to say...."Joe Bick, who represents Kevin Youkilis, might be right. Bick contends if there was ever a perfect fit of player and team it would be Kevin Youkilis and the Red Sox. So while Bick and his staff continued to prepare potential arbitration cases for clients, including Youkilis, there's a small possibility that the two sides could discuss a multi-year deal."At this point we haven't had a conversation with the Red Sox about that (a long-term deal)," said Bick from his Cincinnati office. "That's their call a...
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Patriot Head Coach BILL BELICHICK NAMED THE AP COACH OF THE YEAR!
2008-01-03 22:00:00
Hello on this Thursday afternoon. It's not MUCH warmer than it was when I wrote my Thursday morning post...back then it was 0.5 degrees F. Now it's a balmy 9.7 degrees F. My sincere best wishes go out to the New England Patriot s' head coach, Bill Belichick ...read this breaking news, from Boston dot com..."New England's undefeated season now includes yet another achievement: Bill Belichick is The Associated Press 2007 NFL Coach of the Year. The first coach since Don Shula in 1972 to lead his team through a spotless regular season, Belichick won the award Thursday for the second time in four years."Peter here. And this is to Bill. "WOW!! You and your team continue to AMAZE us! Thank you. 3 MORE VICTORIES!" My Constant Readers, if that happens, it will be New England bedlam yet again....I can't wait! GO PATS!!!!!
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With Johan On The Red Sox, The Door Opens For Kielty...Maybe
2008-01-03 12:04:00
Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald wrote a nice piece today (Thursday) about our 2007 reserve "outfielder/righthanded hitter off the bench" Bobby Kiel ty. Kielty, whose home run in the World Series was pivotal, knows that the trade talk involving Minnesota lefty ace Johan Santana includes the name of Coco Crisp, who would, in most scenarios, go to the Twinkies to fill their centerfield void. This is what Bobby had to say when asked his feelings. I'll be back with a comment after you read this...?Unless another team comes in with an unbelievable offer, I?m just going to wait it out and see what happens. I love Boston and I?m hoping something can work out.?Kielty, who has drawn interest from ?three to four? other teams, is just a .228 career hitter left-handed but a .296 hitter from the right side. He was brought in by the Sox last season to serve as their primary righty hitter off the bench, and he highlighted his stay with a pinch-hit home run in Game 4 of the World Series.Although h...
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Red Sox And Yankees In This Year Of 2008
2008-01-02 12:24:00
Good morning. I came across an article at fox sports dot com, which is not my primary or secondary source of Boston Red Sox News, but at this time of the year, when winter has us in its icy grip, the baseball news is hard to come by. Sometimes I just stumble upon it, and sometimes a search becomes a determined quest. But I'm not the type of guy who gives up, hands held over his head in disgust. Uh-uh...that ain't me! I was lucky this time, for the Globe and the Herald and the Courant were pretty much devoid of Red Sox news and filled to the brim with college football. So I punched in ESPN, USA Today, and then Fox, and I hit paydirt. Or at least I hit something with the words Red Sox and Yankees in it. Actually, it's a great article that focuses on a breakdown of these two hated rivals, offensively and defensively and every other which way. I'll link the entire article with this post's title, but for now I'll leave you with a taste of it, the summary at the very end of the piec...
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HAPPY 2008...Bob Ryan's Take On The State Of Sports Euphoria Here In New En
2008-01-01 12:10:00
Well, it's Tuesday morning, January 1st, 2008 , and that is actually the first time I've typed 2008, our NEW year. Will the new year hold many surprises for us? Will the Celtics continue to march through their NBA schedule while taking no prisoners? They sure have so far. Will those New England Patriots, the object of both love AND scorn throughout this nation of ours, win three more games and firmly establish themselves as one of, if not THE greatest football teams of all time? I don't know, but I am sure of one thing....January will be a fun month just because of them. And of course there are the Bruins, the also-rans, that team who has so far to go to recapture their "glory days." Bob Ryan, in an article from the Boston Globe last week (last year!), encapsulates all of those teams, including the three teams I call "my own," the Pats, the Celts and, of course, the Sox, OUR Sox. Here's a little bit of that aforementioned article, borrowed from the Boston Globe. Click on the titl...
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How Far Did That Home Run Travel? This Guy Knows!
2007-12-31 12:00:00
Good morning!! This is from Monday's Boston Globe...."Greg Rybarczyk has a day job. But most of all, he digs the long ball, and he has devoted much of his spare time to tracking home runs, creating a tool, the Hit Tracker, that he says calculates the precise trajectory of every home run hit in the big leagues."I'm not sure why exactly I got into the home run thing, it's probably a combination of things," said Rybarczyk...."Peter here, and I'll link the entire article, which even includes a link to his "hit tracker" website, and it will be available when you click on the title of this post. But aren't we all curious to know, after watching one of our favorite Sox players crush a ball out of the park, just exactly how far that round leather stitched object traveled? From its point of impact with the wood of the bat to the spot where it lands, somewhere in Fenway Park, or better yet, somewhere on the surrounding streets, there has never been an EXACT scientific method for measurin...
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On The Eve Of New Year's Eve Day 2007-2008--Perfect Patriots!
2007-12-30 12:12:00
Good morning on this partly cloudy December 30th, 2007 (thanks, Laura!). We're in the last hours of the calender year, and it certainly has been a kind one for Boston Red Sox fans, Boston Celtics fans and, of course, the perfect 16-0 regular season New England Patriots , or as some liked to call them, the "Red Sox in helmets." That phrase WAS known as a "diss," but my, oh my, how things have changed! The Sox are the best team in all of baseball. BAR NONE. The Celtics have the best record in basketball. And the Patriots last night completed their perfect 2007-08 regular season at 16-0 with a comeback and thrilling 38-35 victory over the gung-ho New York Giants. Both teams played with all hands-on-board. They played for keeps, and the Pats were successful in making NFL history, although in more of a nail-biting fashion than I would have liked. Bottom line? THEY WON.The latest from Minnesota and the Johan Santana sweepstakes goes like this, from ESPN dot com. I'll be back with a comme...
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Former Yankee Jim Leyritz In Deep Sh....Err...Trouble!
2007-12-29 12:04:00
Good morning on this rainy but relatively warm early Saturday. The snowstorm to come is not due here until late Sunday into Monday, a Nor'easter type of storm that is so hard to predict, even for the expert meteoroligists, that the possible severity will not be known until Sunday. OK, back to the subject of this post. I heard a news story, sports-related, on ESPN radio in the wee hours of this weekend morning, and I wanted to pass it along to you. Here's a bit of it...the entire story is available when you click on this post's title. Here you go.... "Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing a driver after his car crashed into hers.Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage, said Detective Kathy Collins, Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman. He posted the $11,000 bond and was released from Broward County jail.Police believe alcohol was involved in the crash, though investigators are awaiting res...
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