Kielty In Limbo As He Awaits Word On Possible Big League Job
Monday, March 31st, 2008As of this moment, Bobby Kielty is a man in limbo. The 31-year-old outfielder has until midnight tonight to exercise an “out” clause in his contract that would make him a free agent because he is not on the Red Sox’ 25-man major league roster.
On Saturday, Kielty said he told GM Theo Epstein [...]
Beckett Inching Closer To Pitching In Games That Count
Monday, March 31st, 2008Josh Beckett, who pitched four shutout innings in a minor league game in Florida on Thursday, played catch again yesterday in Florida… afterwards, minor league pitching coordinator Ralph Treuel (who has been monitoring his workouts) didn’t provide a lot of details, but did say: “Josh did well today”.
On Thursday, Beckett pitched for the Portland [...]
Sox Beat Dodgers In Throwback Game At Los Angeles Coliseum
Sunday, March 30th, 2008It was a surreal scene that was reminiscent of the days of yore… baseball being played on a field designed for football and track, a temporary right field fence with fans seated on the ground behind the barrier, and a sixty-foot high “Screen Monster” located 201-feet from home plate in left field. The Olympic [...]
Colon Continues To Improve; Sox Lose To Dodgers In LA, 3-1
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Bartolo Colon continued to make improvement, and to bolster his case for a spot in the Red Sox rotation, with a nice four-inning outing against the L A Dodgers last night at Dodger Stadium. Colon allowed a run on three hits and a walk while striking out four Dodgers. He threw 60 pitches. [...]
My New “Favorite New England Barbeque Joint”
Friday, March 28th, 2008When I visit my mom in the Detroit, MI area, I love to stop in at The Tunnel Barbeque in Windsor, Ontario for their baby back ribs — and the best spicy barbeque sauce I have ever had.
Here in New England, until last weekend, I had to be satisfied with “Smokey Bones” — [...]
Around Baseball: March 28, 2008 — Developments You Should Know Before Your Fantasy Baseball Draft
Friday, March 28th, 2008Due to the computer problems we had with our host site, it has been nearly a week since I have done an “Around Baseball” piece… so I have a lot of catching up to do…
Arizona: 1B Conor Jackson became more conscious of proper nutrition this off-season and modified his diet… he trimmed his [...]
Sox Split Opening Pair In Japan
Thursday, March 27th, 2008The Red Sox have played the first two games of the 2008 season. While in the “Land of the Rising Sun”, the defending World Series champions were outplayed by an inexperienced and (from a talent standpoint) over-matched Oakland Athletics squad. They came disconcertingly close to losing both games.
It is arguable that [...]
Back In Business
Thursday, March 27th, 2008To All Members Of SOX1FAN Nation:
I am sorry that I have been unable to update the site for the last several days. The problems with the site were based with our hosting service and, to my chagrin, they were very slow in fixing the problem and getting this site up and running. While [...]
Buchholz Struggles As Sox Win First Exhibition In Japan
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Last summer, Clay Buchholz told me that the Red Sox identified “control” as the top priority for his development and for his eventual ascension to the major leagues. He said that everything he does as a pitcher flows from his ability to throw strikes with all of his pitches… early in the at-bat to [...]
This Day In Baseball History: March 22nd
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008In 1939, in his second exhibition game, Dodger Pete Reiser homered in his first at-bat against the Cardinals to begin a streak of 10 consecutive hits.
In 1962, Roger Maris declined to pose with Met coach Rogers Hornsby because the Hall of Famer had criticized him in the Rajah’s’ book, My Wars with Baseball.
Also in 1962, [...]
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