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Elegant [1b/3b/OF] Player for Sox Bridge Game–Guess Who?
How do you like this guy as the Red Sox Left fielder for 2013? WAR 7.1 [2011], 6.2 [2012]…Can play 3b, 1b and OF…Won two Gold Gloves in OF… Career stats: BA .269 OBP 348 SLG 439 OPS .787 OPS+ 112 Team...
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Worth the Wait: 2015 home-grown crop–Cherington’s “Next Great Red Sox Team”
It’s time for Red Sox fans to practice “delayed gratification.” Instead of copying old “Yankee” model—annually recycling FA veterans to stay competitive every year–let’s give Ben Cherington, Lord of...
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Cherington, Fenway High’s “Dean of Discipline” Playing “Bridge” at the GM...
“Discipline…Discipline …Discipline …” is Ben Cherington’s mantra, so don’t expect him to buy a FA with a long-term contract this week at the GM’s meeting. If Ben dated twins while attending Amherst,...
View ArticleLucchino, man who “runs the Red Sox” seeks to run away from his disasters…Not...
Larry Lucchino was in full spin cycle last week at the Valentine’s Day Massacre wake. He was eager to “reset” and not interested in discussing the disaster of 2012, which he—more than anyone—created....
View ArticleBumbling Bud Bothered by Bubbly, not lack of MLB alcohol consumption policy
Bumbling Bud Selig is fretting like a modern day Temperance activist about players spraying champagne on each other to celebrate a milestone victory, while lives may be at stake, because the...
View ArticleSox hire Management Consultant to create unprecedented plan to pick new manager
John Henry hired a Management Consultant company to recommend the best way to pick a new manager for the Sox: the firm of Slim, Pickins & Howe. As a Captain of Industry, John Henry pioneered a...
View ArticleIs Lucchino behind the “must have Farrell” scenario to maintain control?
Last time the Sox pretended to search for a new manager, it was a disingenuous kabuki show, where “Running Larry” Lucchino let it appear that the Red Sox were genuinely conducting an honest, open...
View ArticleReplay of 2012: “Dog & Phony” Mgr. Search…Once again, Larry got his “Boy,”...
For the second year in a row Larry Lucchino has hired the new Red Sox manager; as expected, it was a repeat of the 2012 “search,” where Lucchino made Cherington run a disingenuous dog-and-pony...
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Get Lowrie back from Astros to fill Lucchino Loophole at SS
Since, in his desperation to obtain his former 4-year employee John Farrell from Toronto, Larry Lucchino gave away the team’s starting SS, it’s time for GM Cherington to speed dial Astros’ GM Jeff...
View ArticleBREAKING…Big Papi will get his respect, 2-year deal, est. at $29 million
Last year Big Papi’s Achilles’ heel wound was a perceived lack of respect; this week he will get the respect he believes he deserves—he will sign a 2-year incentive-laden deal with the Sox worth about...
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Is new Sox Bench coach Lovullo “spare tire” insurance for a Farrell failure?
Once the Red Sox make if official, that Toronto’s First base coach, Torey Lovullo, will re-join his former manager, John Farrell, as his Bench coach with the Sox, we can ask the question: Is Lovullo,...
View ArticleSox Fans: You “Could” Win $40,000 on the World Series–regardless of who wins
Red Sox fans, even you can enjoy the World Series this year by winning some money. Would $40,000 help you forget Bobby Valentine, Josh Beckett, and Carl Crawford? With neither team strong enough to...
View ArticleInstant Replay: Pence hit ball TWICE for double that broke open Game 7 of NLCS
Would the Giants have won game 7 of the NLCS, if instant replay was used? The ‘Twice-Struck Double” by Hunter Pence in the third inning that plated two runs and broke the game open was the result of a...
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Holliday’s heedless late slide requires re-write of Runner Interference rule
After Matt Holliday took out Giants’ Second baseman Marco Scutaro in game 2 of the NLCS, the umpires should have called the batter out and ruled it a double play. It’s past time for the...
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Free Agent Flea Market Opens Saturday–Part 1: Who Fits Sox Needs for Starter...
Bud’s MLB Free Agent Flea Market opens 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, so let’s amble around the folding tables and eager agents to see if there are any bargains for the Red Sox. But first, let’s identify...
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Filling “Next Dynasty” Sox Rotation: FA, trade, or home-grown prospects?
Job One for the Red Sox brain truss is their gaping “Ace hole.” Flush with money–$260 million– from the Dodger Dump, the Sox should spend the biggest chunk on a proven #1 starter—either Zack Greinke or...
View ArticleFree Agent Flea Market, Part TWO: Sox Shopping for a SHORTSTOP
Bud’s MLB Free Agent Flea Market opens 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, so let’s amble around the folding tables and eager agents to see if there are any SHORTSTOP bargains for the Red Sox. In Part One:...
View ArticleFree Agent Flea Market–Open for Business: Sox Shop for OFs
Bud’s MLB Free Agent Flea Market opened after midnight last night and the crowd is growing fast; so let’s amble around the folding tables and eager agents to see if there are any OF bargains for the...
View ArticleFree Agent Flea Market–Open for Business: Sox Shop for First basemen
Before they step barefoot into the muddy puddle of the current 1b FA pool, the Sox need to realize that they have no 1 b prospects in their system and the best one is Houston’s Jonathan Singleton,...
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Sox Answer to “Who’s on First?”–Might like Mike or Ike
What is Larry Lucchino’s answer to Abbot and Costello’s question: “Who’s on First?” ? Larry The Boss won’t find an answer in-house; he has no MLB-ready 1b prospects in the farm system and former Dodger...
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