All Entries in the "Reflections on the Red Sox" Category
Nomar Garciaparra Signs with Red Sox, Quickly Announces Retirement
Nomar Garciaparra signed a minor league deal this morning with the Boston Red Sox, then promptly announced his retirement at a 10:30 AM press conference. Joining Nomar at the press conference were President/CEO Larry Lucchino and Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein. Several friends and family members of Garciaparra were on hand, including wife Mia [...]
Michael Bowden to Start for Red Sox on Saturday
Image by firebrandal via Flickr One of the Red Sox top right handed pitching prospects will be making his 2010 Spring Training debut as a starter for the big league club this Saturday. Michael Bowden will get the call to face the Pirates at City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers. Bowden has pitched two [...]
Eri Yoshida Pitches for Tim Wakefield
Image via Wikipedia Here are some of the quotes from the knuckleballers from an article on NESN.com where these videos came from by Michael Hurley entitled, “Tim Wakefield Offers Pitching Advice to 18-Year-Old Female Knuckleballer Eri Yoshiba“. “I was very impressed,” Wakefield said. “It’s an honor to have somebody to carry on a knuckleball tradition, [...]
My Guest Appearance on Pro Rumors TV
Here is the video from my guest appearance on Pro Rumors TV this past Saturday night, 2/20/10. The two hosts are live and they called me up as their guest that night. By the way, I had topics of interest to go by, but that last question wasn’t on the list they gave me, hence [...]
Pro Rumors Podcast Tomorrow Night
Hey everyone, tune in to www.prorumors.com or blog.prorumors.com tomorrow night (Saturday, February 20th) at 7pm PST (10pm EST). I’ll be talking with them about the Boston Red Sox, the AL East and of course the New York Yankees. Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Pro Rumors Podcast Saturday Night
Hey everyone, tune in to www.prorumors.com or blog.prorumors.com Saturday night (February 20th) at 7pm PST (10pm EST). I’ll be talking with them about the Boston Red Sox, the AL East and of course the New York Yankees. Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
A Monday in the Offseason: Dustin Pedrioa (video)
Here’s the second video of a workout day in the life of…by NESN on a member of the Boston Red Sox. If you haven’t guessed by the title, this video follows Boston’s Diminutive Bad Boy, 2B Dustin Pedroia at his home in Arizona. Check it out and tell us what you think. What you liked [...]
Jason Varitek’s Pre-Season Workout Video (2009-2010)
If you are anything like me, you wonder what catchers have to go through in the offseason to prepare for a season of 162 games. Well here’s a video showing us a typical day in Red Sox captain and part time catcher (I am having problems calling him a back up after all of these [...]
Red Sox Sign Their New Left Fielder
Image via Wikipedia Every blogger’s and journalist’s favorite Hot Stove Baseball site, MLB Trade Rumors has reported (by Zach Link) that the Red Sox have signed 36 year old OF Mike Cameron. It is a reported two year deal worth around $15M. Cameron will play LF and give the Red Sox one of the best [...]
Boston Rumored To Be Close To Signing Lackey
Image by Getty Images via Daylife It has been reported by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors, via Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and AOL FanHouse’s Ed Price that top free agent pitcher, starter John Lackey is in Boston for a physical. Players usually only take physicals in the area of a local team after [...]
Pedroia Might Play SS in 2010
Image via Wikipedia The Sox second half SS, Alex Gonzalez recently signed with the rival Toronto Blue Jays. Also, the organization is uncertain about the ability of Jed Lowrie to play everyday in 2010 after his injury woes. That leaves the Red Sox brass with a choice to make! Do they sign a free agent [...]
The Red Sox’s Top Options at SS
I was going to provide a run down of the future at shortstop (SS) for the Boston Red Sox, but after my research was done, I found out that none of the top 6 players at this position were hitting over .249 as of Thursday, August 28th. Although Yamaico Navarro did hit for a .319 [...]
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
Image by wallyg via Flickr Join me in raising the awareness to the wonderful work of The Jimmy Fund, the Boston Red Sox official charity for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948 and made popular by the generosity and support of the late great Red Sox LF Ted Williams. To [...]
Jacoby Ellsbury Sets A New Red Sox SB Record
On Tuesday, August 25th, “the human spark plug”, Jacoby Ellsbury made Red Sox history by stealing third base for his 55th stolen base of the season. The previous mark was set by former first base coach Tommy Harper who had secured the record over the past 35 years, but he knew Ellsbury was going to [...]
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
Image by GregPC via Flickr Join me in raising the awareness to the wonderful work of The Jimmy Fund, the Boston Red Sox official charity for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948 and made popular by the generosity and support of the late great Red Sox LF Ted Williams. To [...]
Reminder: MLB Keychain Raffle
Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be [...]
Baseball Reflection’s MLB Keychain Raffle
Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be [...]
A Look at the Red Sox Minor League Catchers 2009
With Jason Varitek not getting any younger, George Kottaras not looking like a # 1 starting catcher and not having much confidence in newly acquired Victor Martinez as a longtime solution ( I see him at 1B once Lowell’s contract is up), I decided to look into the Red Sox minor league system for a [...]
Boston Adds a Bat
The Red Sox have aquired a new left handed bat and insurance if 3B Mike Lowell needs to miss any time in the second half. This will be an upgrade over Jeff Bailey, Adam Bates and even Mark Kotsay (who can still play in the OF). Here is what Boston’s sports talk radio station WEEI, [...]
Red Sox Trade Bait & Prospects
Sometimes you can improve your team by way of addition by subtraction. This year’s Red Sox are in this situation in 2009. We have a great bullpen and an excess of starting pitching and more real glaring needs except for a little more power off the bench. To get to that you need to either [...]
Red Sox Reflections After 25 games
After 25 games, the Red Sox found themselves with an 11 game winning streak and neck and neck for first place, with the Blue Jays who have 2 more games in hand than the Sox (both are wins). During the first few weeks of the season, we have seen the injury bug hit SS Jed [...]
Red Sox Reflections
Here’s a few notes concerning recent Red Sox news… Boston signed 1B/3B Kevin Youkilis to a a four-year contract with a club option for a fifth year for around $41M (not including the 5th year option). In order to make room on the 40 man roster for some of the moves they’ve made this off [...]
Red Sox Reflections
January has been the busiest month of the off season for Boston thus far. Right after the New Year’s day came the announcement of the signing of C Josh Bard to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010. Since then, they have officially signed OF Rocco Baldelli, SP Brad Penny and 1B/OF Mark [...]
Baseball Reflections.com Gets Personal
In recent discussions, the main writers of Baseball Reflections (that would be Bill and I), have agreed to let our hair down so to speak. We will start reflecting upon our hometown teams on a regular basis here on Baseball Reflections. So, Bill, a lifetime resident of Ohio, will reflect upon his Cleveland Indians and [...]
Sitting On Top of the Bay
Tampa Bay At the beginning of the year, I thought this was going to be the best year the Rays ever had, but I didn’t think they’d be in 1st place come September. Their pitching staff has been outstanding, especially their starters Scott Kazmir (after missing the first month of the season), James Shields, Matt [...]
Hot Coco -vs.- Free Tacos
Who will win this Spring Training battle for the CF position in Boston this summer of 2008? The former player that was acquired via trade for the 2005 season, Coco Crisp or the young man who provided the nation with FREE tacos during the 2007 World Series, Jacoby Ellsbury. Coco is hot, upset about the [...]
2007 Team Analysis of the AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL East: Boston Red Sox C – Jason Varitek : Rock solid defensively except for a weak arm. OK bat with pop. Great tactician! 1B – Kevin Youkilis : Great first half, average second, but great glove work throughout 2007! 2B – Dustin Pedroia : Rookie of the Year, 4th in OBP, 3rd in BA, [...]
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