The ALCS gauntlet has been thrown down

One of my favorite parts of watching the playoffs every year is the wager made between mayors of the cities playing. Tampa Bay’s mayor Rick Baker and Boston’s mayor Thomas Menino have officially decided on the parameters of their bet for the 2008 ALCS and I would love to be on the winning side of [...]

Papelbon sets another record then throws the ball away

Jonathan Papelbon will never cease to amaze me. Sure, his domination on the mound has become something that Red Sox fans expect to see but what he does after that is something of a dice roll. One moment he’s telling Yankees fans to screw off for heckling his wife, then he’s riverdancing while smoking a [...]

The key to Boston winning the ALCS

This whole series relies on Daisuke Matsuzaka limiting the amount of walks he gives up and the amount of pitches he needs to throw to get outs. Let me throw some numbers at you.. IP by the bullpen in 2007: 447 innings IP by the bullpen in 2008: 479.2 innings This year saw an increase [...]

Friday Linkage – 10/10/08

All Things Philly Sports: Not even Manny could help my boy DLowe win last night. We Should be GM’s: Tim McCarver nominated for a worst announcer award? NO WAY. Pinstripes Published: I hope the Yankees go for Burnett in the offseason. It’ll amuse me greatly to see his arm explode in another AL East team’s [...]

ALCS times and pitching matchups

Here are the ALCS starting times and pitching matchups: Game 1: Friday, Oct. 10, 8:37 p.m. @ Tampa Bay Starters: James Shields vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 11, 8:07 p.m. @ Tampa Bay Starters: Scott Kazmir vs. Josh Beckett Game 3: Monday, Oct. 13, 4:37 p.m. @ Boston Starters: Matt Garza vs. Jon [...]

Dear Dr. Craig Morgan: Shut up.

It’s been a long time since the whole Curt Schilling vs. the Boston Red Sox debacle. In case you don’t remember what happened, here’s a recap: Curt wanted surgery on Boston’s dime, the club said no and told him to try rehab, that didn’t go so well so he had the surgery anyway. Well that [...]

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