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Every Red Sox Spring Training Story Ever.
Spring is here, and as players reported to camp, OTM was lucky enough to get some unique takes on how this season might go. For this young player, spring is all about competing for a position on the roster. "I know the odds are against me, and there are guys in camp with more experience at the...
Recognizing Excellence.
I've been meaning to link to this for a few days now, and really just kept forgetting. Joy of Sox is, in my opinion, an excellent Sox blog (by Allan Wood, who would probably insist that I'm the one who misspells my name. Ridiculous.) Joy of Sox is up for Best Sports Blog in the Canadian Blog...
Sox and the Big Free Agents.
For the purposes of this posting, I'm restricting it to the top top free agents. Any who've been rumored or speculated as fits for the Sox. CC Sabathia This was a rumor that more or less began today with rumors of a meeting between CC and the Sox. My guess? They were feeling out just how much he...
Sox pitchers and FIP
FIP is a metric by which pitchers are judged based on how they pitch. Luck, defense, etc. are intended to be eliminated by the use of this metric. It takes into account how well a pitcher strikes out hitters, controls walks, etc. It is roughly analogous to ERA, though a better measure of how a...
Game Story: 3-4-10.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: .993 OPS. David Ortiz J.D. Drew. He's been a monster, and while I acknowledge the point that he might be seeing better pitches ahead of Manny than he was ahead of 'Tek and others, anyone watching can tell he's locked in, and wouldn't be missing the one good pitch...
Game Story: Lugo (BS, 1)
Summary: ...no. In fact, F no. Player of the Game: via d.yimg.com Comment of the ClusterF. Entertaining Redeeming Moment: At some point in the game, the FSN Detroit cameras caught a Sox player in the dugout, eating a cup of A) applesauce, B) pudding, or C) yogurt. The # on this player's...
Weekend Story: WTF, Mates.
via d.yimg.com There are probably a number of Red Sox who would argue that they didn't suck at baseball this weekend. If they're not one of the above two gentlemen, they can save it. Summary: Vaguely Coherent Rant: No. No. No. No. No. I'm sorry. 5 runs in 3 games. Five runs in three games. 5...
Comeback kids times 2. Miraculous.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: Jennings v. Lester Woohoo and whatnot. Jon Lester threw 6 innings. I threw a little party for him last night, on behalf of that. Good work by the 'pen as well, with J-Lo, MDC, Timlin and Paps combining for three scoreless innings after Lester left....
I'm insane?
All right. I've got kind of a radical idea, but not, about this David Ortiz situation. DL him. 15 days. Call it his knee, it's believable. No team in the history of the universe of ever of all-time has ever been completely honest about the DL. Hell. It might BE honest to list him "15 day-DL,...
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