Trade Deadline Edition 2006: It cost a lot to win, and even more to lose
A year ago at this time, Boston was embroiled in what seemed to be an annual trade-deadline soap opera. In 2004, it was Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Lowe who were rumored to be on their way out of town;...
View ArticleTrade deadline zero hour and a more level-headed look at Bobby Abreu
Last night, about a half-hour after the end of a miserable game at Fenway, the Red Sox’s last three general managers–Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, and Ben Cherington–went into Terry Francona’s office,...
View ArticleDavid Ortiz helps transform the Globe into a smut rag
David Ortiz–the man who ends his post-game press conferences by telling reporters to “go home and get some ass”–has made The Boston Globe so giddy it’s breaking out the double-entendres: a chart that...
View ArticleThe non-trades of 2006, Theo and Larry’s evolving relationship, and the...
Yesterday afternoon, Theo Epstein spoke to the Boston media not long after the trade deadline had passed. “We gathered around everybody two minutes after the trade deadline and thanked them for their...
View ArticleYou know we’ve got to find a way: Red Sox 2006 edition
“I feel like somebody just kicked my ass. Actually somebody did…That was fucking unbelievable.” Thus spake David Ortiz in the wake of Friday’s twin killing; one can only imagine what his mood was like...
View ArticleNow pitching for the Texas Rangers: Jon Lester
The next time you hear someone do a 20-20 hindsight look back on a trade/non-trade, etc., make sure you’re actually figuring in all the relevant details. An example: in ’03, Lester was heading to Texas...
View ArticleNot a Manny culpa
Have you heard? Yeah – the Red Sox traded Manny. This may appear, at first blush, to be a near total refutation of my previous post, in which I accused Portfolio magazine of being full of crap for...
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