Dice-K Is Wildly Painful

It’s getting rediculous. Having to watch Dice-K pitch is painful to say the least.
Last night Matsuzaka tied a franchise record set 80 years ago with four wild pitches in a single game.
I felt bad for George Kottaras who catchthe game last night. It was like a Little League game where the pitcher is clearly out [...]

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AL East, Balance Of Power Restored

The AL east is finally back to normal—for now at least.
Yesterday, the Rays gave up a 10 run lead to the lowly Indians. A-rod went 5-5 at the plate. The Jays lost their 7th straight game.
After all of this the Red Sox and Yankees are one and two in the standings with the falling Blue [...]

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Merloni Says Team Received PED Advice From Doctor

Lou Merloni dropped a bomb on Saturday during a Comcast Sports Net show cleverly entitled The Baseball Show:
“I’m in Spring Training, and I got an 8:30-9:00 meeting in the morning. I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I’m sitting in the meeting. [...]

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Jon Miller Calls Ellsbury’s Steal Of Home

Say what you want about Jon Miller’s announcing style. Like him or not, Jon Miller was very excitable as he was witness to one of the rarest plays in all of baseball. This was a nice change of pace after listening to Joe Buck call Saturday afternoons contest.
Buck has long been [...]

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Varitek Signs with Sox; Still No Home for Manny

Jason Varitek signed a one-year deal today with the Boston Red Sox, for $5 million a year, with an option for a second year. Blame Scott Boras for the catcher to take this long to sign. In a rough economy, a 38 year old catcher is not going to be getting the big bucks Boras [...]

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