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What is this Felix Doubront and what do we do with it?
Sometimes I wonder why Felix Doubront isn’t held in higher regard among Red Sox fans, but then again, I’m not that surprised. After all, Doubront was signed as an international free agent in 2004 at...
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The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue Jays
And once more with the Blue Jays. We’ve already seen 2012, Toronto – we don’t need you coming back here to remind us of how bad a “superteam” can get. And for just the seventh time in team history, the...
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Fun with Game Scores
John Lackey didn’t have the best pitching performance of the season, but he may have had the most notable. Photo courtesy of Kelly O’Connor. My daily routine during baseball season typically involves...
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How have the Red Sox Fared as AL East Champions?
Will the 2013 season end with Koji celebrating on the mound?(Keith Allison/Flickr) Last Friday night, the Red Sox earned their 94th win in 155 games played, with the last out fittingly coming on a Koji...
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Award Season
Clay Buchholz, in between appearances on HBO’s Game of Thrones. Photo courtesy of Kelly O’Connor. Here’s a sad thing: this column will be posted on the final day of the regular season for the Boston...
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2014 Free Agent Class: Possible Red Sox Reunions
The 2014 offseason is officially underway. The Red Sox don’t figure to be the big players in free agency this year that they were before the 2013 season, but depending on which players leave and which...
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Wednesday’s Links – History and the Hall
Photo by Kelly O’Connor of sittingstill.smugmug.com Whelp, it’s the day when the Hall of Fame selections are announced. Prepare yourselves! Twitter is going to be full of heated arguments spanning the...
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Hard Work at the Hot Corner
Might Pawtucket Red Sox third baseman Garin Cecchini be to Boston’s Will Middlebrooks what Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was to Jose Iglesias? While that may be an interesting theory, PawSox...
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Thursday Links
Photo by Kelly O’Connor of sittingstill.smugmug.com. After snapping their 6 game winning streak on Tuesday, the Red Sox looked to return to their winning ways on Wednesday. Boston sent Clay Buchholz to...
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Tuesday Links: That was embarrassing
Felix Doubront may make us angry, but replacing him now is premature. Photo by Kelly O’Connor, sittingstill.net. “Defeated” is an understatement for what the Toronto Blue Jays did to the Boston Red Sox...
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Is it Time to Get Rid of Interleague Play?
This will be the fourteenth season of interleague play in the Major Leagues. Perhaps the most controversial of Bud Selig’s innovations, interleague has had a good run with some wonderful moments, but...
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A Fix for Interleague Play
We are in the middle of inter-league play. Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers are coming to Boston. It is going to be an exciting weekend, but the last series with the Diamondbacks does not get circled on...
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8/7 Online Seats Game Thread: CC’ing Red
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (63-47) @ New York Yankees (67-41) Jon Lackey (10-6, 4.48) @ CC Sabbathia (13-5, 3.19) 4:10 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (New York, New York) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150...
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Wednesday’s Links – Dust and Echoes
Photo by Kelly O’Connor of sittingstill.net Does anyone else look up highlights on MLB.com to get your baseball fix? Or is that just me? Because home run highlights are pretty awesome. That, and...
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Wednesday’s Links – A Dream of Spring
Photo by Kelly O’Connor of sittingstill.net If you know what that title is from, then you most likely know what begins in two months. And you’re probably pretty awesome too. It’s a real shame this guy...
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The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue Jays
Jose Bautista (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After earning a series win in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox (2-1, tied for first in the AL East) go to the Great White North to take on the new-look Toronto...
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The Meaning of Money
The baseball season, despite our pleas, is over. The San Francisco Giants have stunningly won it for the third time in five years and now the winter – the long, long winter – begins again. With no...
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Wednesday Links: Filling the hole at third base
With the offseason now officially underway, it will be interesting to see when the Red Sox pull the trigger on their first move of the shopping season. Early speculation predicts Boston to be heavily...
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Tuesday Links: Rumors abound on day one of GM Meetings
Outside of the General Managers Meetings fueling the offseason rumor mill, Major League Baseball announced the winners of the Rookie of the Year Awards. In the American League, White Sox’ slugging...
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Tuesday Links: One ace to rule them all
Photo credit: Kelly O’Connor As the Jon Lester sweepstakes heads down the home stretch, the Red Sox find themselves right in the thick of conversations involving the left-hander. Boston, along with the...
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