Sox officially acquire Mark Kotsay

Boston has officially acquired outfielder Mark Kotsay from the Braves. In return they had to give up 20 year-old Single-A outfielder Luis Sumoza in addition to paying the rest of Kotsay’s 1.5 million dollar salary AND pay him $325k to waive his no-trade clause.
A lot of people reported that the Sox would have to [...]

Friday Linkage - 08/15/08

Sports Crackle Pop: The similarities between Edwar Ramirez and the ‘Chocolate Rain’ guy are eery.
Inside The Ballpark: No wonder Varitek looks so lost at the plate. He has to deal with more than just baseball crap on a daily basis.
We Should Be GMs: Smart move Jimmy Rollins. Insult Philly fans. REALLY smart [...]

Jimmy Fund Telethon

Today is the 7th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon at Fenway Park. I donated 40 bucks this morning (a small amount but it’s all I can afford) and I highly recommend everyone contributes the best they can. Not only will you help thousands of people, but the warm feeling that engulfs your chest [...]

Friday Linkage - 08/08/08

I got a little bit sidetracked by the Futures at Fenway game so this post is a couple days late. Sorry.
The Bear Down: Ah Manny, how you set the Internetz on fire with your words and your ways..
Fantasy Baseball Generals: The rest of the civilized world knew it was only a matter of time [...]

Congrats Celtics!

The Boston Celtics won their 17th championship in franchise history last night. I just want to give a quick congratulations to all their players and all of their fans.
I was only 2 years old the last time they won so it thrills me to be able to experience what my dad got to enjoy [...]

David Ortiz has a sinus infection

Apparently they didn’t do a very good job at disinfecting the clubhouse because David Ortiz admitted last night that he’s coming down with a sinus infection.
So far these players haven’t eaten enough chicken soup:
Manny Delcarmen
Josh Beckett
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Jason Varitek
David Ortiz
We can’t afford to lose any more players. The Sox players should do whatever they can [...]