At this All-Star Break the Boston Red Sox have the fourth best winning percentage in all of Major League Baseball – yet they’re still only in third place in the American League East.
Says something about that division, doesn’t it?
Posts Tagged ‘Red Sox’
Red Sox Fun Fact
Monday, July 12th, 2010Who Even Thinks About Cleveland?
Friday, April 30th, 2010A new report says the Sox are the second most hated MLB team … after the Indians?
Wha?
Wake
Friday, April 16th, 2010Good ESPN.com article about Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield: “Wakefield’s longevity in perspective.”
Key stats:
With 17 more innings, he’ll tie Cy Young for second most innings pitched in Red Sox history and could pass Roger Clemens (whom he trails by 64 2/3) by the All-Star break.
He’s the oldest player in the American League, and second only to the Phillies’ Jamie Moyer, Wakefield turns 44 in August.
If Wakefield is still playing in May of next year (he is signed though 2011), he will become the oldest Red Sox player ever, a distinction currently held by something of an interloper. Deacon McGuire was 85 days shy of his 45th birthday when he played his final of seven games in a Boston uniform in 1908.
Just how long has Wakefield been around? He actually played on the last winning Pirates team, a franchise that has posted 17 straight losing seasons, a record for all four major sports.
NESN Spring Break
Monday, March 15th, 2010Last month I made fun of a banner ad for NESN’s “Spring Break Live” starring Peter Gammons. How a sixty-five year old white guy in a suit doesn’t sell “Spring Break” (see Spring Break Live).
Over the weekend I saw this ad, and, while probably for a different program (no “Live”, no Gammons) it’s at least a little more like Spring Break:
At least they don’t have Tom Caron’s ugly mug in there …
Nomar
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010If you’re in New England and haven’t just woken up, you’ve probably heard the news: “Nomar to retire as a member of the Red Sox today.”
The “Nomar” in question (if there are even multiple “Nomars” out there?) is former Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, who of course was a member of the historic 2004 World Series team – up until the trade deadline in July.
I was in Boston that weekend, and although I didn’t write about it at the time, I did take this photo:
August 01, 2004. The day after Nomar was traded to the Cubs.
Ironic, eh? 'Keep the Faith.'
Anyway, immediately after I heard the news today I got to thinking about retiring his jersey, number five. Rocco had it last season, but now he’s retired, too. So it’s free.
But the Red Sox official policy on retiring uniform numbers is based on the following criteria:
Election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
At least 10 years played with the Red Sox
He’s a six-time All-Star and was the 1997 American League Rookie of the Year, so the Hall of Fame shouldn’t be a problem, we’ll have to wait five years but that’s no problem.
The second part – problem.
Nomar was only with the Sox from August of 1996 to the aforementioned July of 2004 – nine years.
Hmm.
Guess we do have five years to change that rule …
Red Sox Spring Training Facility
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Today the Boston Red Sox released details of their new Spring Training Ballpark and Player Development Complex that’ll open in Fort Meyers, Florida in 2012.
Similar to Minor League Sea Dogs’ Hadlock Field, there’s a replica Green Monster at the new park:
Populous/Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects, Inc.
Populous/Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects, Inc.
Gordon Edes
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Now that Boston Red Sox spring training is in full swing with pitchers and catchers reporting, I wanted to share a link with you.
Apparently Gordon Edes, former sportswriter for the Boston Globe and then national baseball writer for Yahoo! Sports has recently joined the new ESPNboston.com site. His new articles are here.
Play ball!
Spring Break Live
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of Spring Break, and I love me some baseball. Shoot, I even love Peter Gammons.
But this ad … there’s just something fundamentally wrong with it:
Personally I’d rename the concept, as a sixty-five year old white guy in a suit doesn’t sell “Spring Break” to me.
