About a week ago, my wife and son and I visited my parents. We used to make the trip over to their house on the New Hampshire Seacoast two or three times a month and stay for the weekend, but since the boy was born, both the regularity and duration has been halved. Just too [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boston Red Sox’
14 Mar
Red Sox Prospect Westmoreland To Have Brain Surgery
By now, of course, you’ve heard the news that Red Sox minor leaguer Ryan Westmoreland, the team’s top prospect according to Baseball America, has been diagnosed with a cavernous malformation in his brain and will undergo surgery next Tuesday. MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo gave a brief explanation of the malady and how it applies to Westmoreland: [...]
9 Aug
Average Distance From Majors To Affiliates: American League East
Baltimore Orioles (average: 266 miles) Baltimore to… …Norfolk Tides (AAA): 240 miles …Bowie Baysox (AA): 29 miles …Frederick Keys (A): 49 miles …Delmarva Shorebirds (A): 110 miles …Aberdeen Ironbirds (A): 36 miles …Bluefield Orioles (Rookie): 366 miles …GCL Orioles (Rookie): 1,006 miles New York Yankees (average: 544 miles) New York to… …Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees (AAA): 125 [...]
9 Aug
Why Don’t More Teams Hold Minor League Games At Major League Parks?
I’m not sure how common things like the “Futures at Fenway” and “Road to Wrigley” games are, but they’re the kind of events I would like to see major league teams sponsor more often. What’s not to like? –Players get the chance to ply their trade on a major league field. For some guys, the [...]
1 Jul
The Weekend Of Junior Felix
Down 10-1 in the bottom of the seventh tonight, the Baltimore Orioles came back with five-spots in the seventh and eighth innings to beat the Red Sox, 11-10. Late in the game, a graphic flashed up that it was the first time Boston had led by nine runs and lost since June 4, 1989 against [...]
16 Mar
Mark and Rocco
This offseason, the top two players on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list in 2003 signed contracts that will place them squarely in the middle of basball’s greatest rivalry. The first player, Mark Teixeira, agreed to an eight-year, $180 million deal with the Yankees. His agent, Scott Boras, negotiated a full no-trade clause and an [...]
21 Jun
Two Pitching Arms Are Better Than One
When I was a kid, the Red Sox had a pitcher named Greg Harris. Harris came to Boston in his mid-30s after being claimed off waivers and spent six seasons with the team, pitching mostly out of the bullpen. In 1992-93, he appeared in 150 games (148 in relief) for Sox teams that finished 73-89 [...]
15 Jun
Jacoby Ellsbury Is The Fastest Kid Alive
Jacoby Ellsbury, the 13th ranked prospect according to Baseball America’s preseason list, has been on the major league roster of the Boston Red Sox for the entire 2008 season to date, one of about eleven names on the Top 100 to do so.* That makes him one of those guys that occasionally slips through the cracks [...]
14 Jun
What In The World Is Jay Bruce Doing!?
Nooooooo, Jay, nooooooo! Stop! Not against THAT team! AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! Bruce, Dunn homers lead Reds over Red Sox 3-1 (Yahoo! Sports)
30 Apr
Getting DFAed Is Not Fun
The Boston Red Sox designated reliever Bryan Corey for assignment yesterday, the second time they have done so this season. The Boston Globe’s Gordon Edes had a very good column on Corey today, reminding us that there is still a significant caste system in Major League Baseball: Feel sorry for him? That’s the last thing [...]
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