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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Some thoughts 14 days from Opening Day: Well, if yesterdays game was any indication, one of the essential pieces to the Red Sox success is in place for the 2013 campaign: Jon Lester is on the path of righteousness. How bout THIS line: 79 pitches, 53 for strikes over 6 brilliant innings of PERFECT baseball, [...]
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Holy Buckets! OK, I know 3 innings in Spring Training is a minuscule sample size, but holy hell, 3 innings of 3 hit ball with 2 strikeouts? 45 pitches, 31 for strikes? From John Lackey? Has that even happened is recent memory? And how fracked up is it that a pitcher can get blown save [...]
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
Felix Doubront made his Grapefruit League Start in the win against Tampa Bay this afternoon, going 1 2/3 innings of 1 hit ball, while walking and striking out 2…Let’s hope this is an indication of good things to come…. With today’s victory, the Sox are 1 game above .500 with a 6-5 record. And, after [...]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Holy Buckets! There is baseball being played! I can actually turn on MLB.tv and see a game! I’ve started getting text message informing me if the Sox have won or lost (they are currently 3 and 4 on the season) and I got to watch John Lackey load the bases in his first start, as [...]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Right after I use one… Apparently, we now have a fish of our own (although I would rather the Trout variety…), as the Sox have acquired Mariners 1st baseman/outfielder Mike Carp for either cash or a PTBNL. Unfortunately, he is one of THOSE–LOTS Of promise, but injuries have prevented him from reaching his “true potential”. [...]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Going round the horn, (or the bend, depending on who you ask)with some random goings on during this first full week of Spring Training. I was talking to my friend, Paul from Boston this week, and we both pretty much agree that we want the goal for this year’s campaign to be that the games [...]
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