Julian Tavarez accepts assignment with Pawtucket

Mr. Whacky Julian Tavarez has accepted an assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket.

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I’ve always had an addiction to Red Sox merchandise.  When I was a kid, my room resembled that of Jimmy Fallon’s in that horrible Fever Pitch movie.  As I got older, it thinned out a bit but it still held true to the Sox addict inside me.
Growing up in Connecticut and rooting for what was [...]

Jon Lester throws a no-hitter!

Wow. I could definitely get used to this. Last year Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter at Fenway Park against the Baltimore Orioles. Tonight Jon Lester threw a no-hitter at Fenway Park against the Kansas City Royals. It took him 130 pitches but he did it.
Jon Lester has beat cancer, won a [...]

Yankees unearthed Papi’s slump

Thinking back on it, I bet the Yankees wish they had kept David Ortiz’s jersey buried beneath the new Yankee Stadium (link.) Check out the difference in his numbers before and after the “Extraction Ceremony”:
Pre-Jersey Removal: .070, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Post-Jersey Removal: .314 BA, 9 HR, 34 RBI
Thanks New York; now Papi broke out [...]

Bartolo Colon to start Wednesday

Theo and company have thrown me off again.
First I was dead-set on the idea of Colon starting sometime this week. Then the Boston Herald pointed out that with only 64 pitches in his last outing, he’ll need another game before he’s ready. Now I get told by everyone and their mother that he’s [...]

Justin Masterson to start Tuesday

I had originally thought Bartolo Colon would make the start on Tuesday but its being reported that Justin Masterson will be called up to make the start. Masterson pitched a pretty good 6 innings giving up only 1 run in his major league debut for Boston a few weeks ago. Unfortunately he has [...]

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