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About those Yankees . . . 9:14 PM Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (2) By Jim Donaldson    Email Weren't they supposed a speck in the rear view mirror of the Red Sox by now, as some people were saying they would be after Boston swept a three-game series in the Bronx two weeks ago? Let me check...... >> Continue reading About those Yankees . . .

Speaking of right fielders . . . 8:38 PM Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email While I defer to colleague Ed Achorn on all matters relating to Hoss Radbourn, I must point out that, no, Dwight Evans does not belong in the Hall of Fame. He wasn't as good as Jim Rice, and it...... >> Continue reading Speaking of right fielders . . .

It's not as if Gonzalez hasn't played the outfield before 7:39 PM Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email Okay, it was only one game. And it was six years ago, when he was with the Rangers. And, yeah, his fielding percentage as a right fielder is .750, with three putouts and one error (throwing, not catching) in...... >> Continue reading It's not as if Gonzalez hasn't played the outfield before

Tale of two players -- and two payrolls 1:11 PM Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email So I'm sitting -- well, actually, lying -- on the couch Tuesday night, watching the Sox play the Rays. In the top of the first, Adrian Gonzalez hits a single that sends Jacoby Ellsbury, who'd drawn a leadoff walk,...... >> Continue reading Tale of two players -- and two payrolls

Sox getting their money's worth...for a change 4:08 PM Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email Having blogged on more than one occasion about the Red Sox's lengthy list of overpaid underachievers -- financial mistakes that, as I like to say, GM Theo Epstein and the Sox literally (and fortunately) can afford to make --...... >> Continue reading Sox getting their money's worth...for a change

Pitching Papi high and tight 12:08 PM Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email Let's see... Mark Teixeira gets plunked squarely on his right knee by Jon Lester, who clearly was struggling with his command in a 33-pitch first inning Tuesday night in which he also hit Russell Martin. Then Yankees manager Joe...... >> Continue reading Pitching Papi high and tight

About Papelbon's suspension . . . 11:57 AM Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email If Jonathan Papelbon had bitten umpire Tony Randazzo's finger, instead of bumping into him, does that mean he wouldn't have suspended? Just wondering . . ....... >> Continue reading About Papelbon's suspension . . .

Costly roll of the Dice (K) 5:57 PM Fri, Jun 03, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1) By Jim Donaldson    Email With Daisuke "Dice-K" Matsuzaka through for this season -- and probably next year, too; which most likely means he's through with the Red Sox, as well, since his contract expires at the end of 2012 -- it's time to...... >> Continue reading Costly roll of the Dice (K)

Red Sox don't deserve day off, but they obviously need one 10:30 AM Thu, Jun 02, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1) By Jim Donaldson    Email Much has been made of the busy schedule the Red Sox have had lately, and how playing 19 games in 20 days -- including a day-night doubleheader Sunday in Detroit -- left them fatigued during their recent, disastrous, three-game...... >> Continue reading Red Sox don't deserve day off, but they obviously need one

Baseball's Sad Lexicon 7:47 AM Fri, May 20, 2011 | Permalink | Write a comment By Jim Donaldson    Email That's the title of this classic poem, penned in 1910 by Franklin Pierce Adams, writing in the New York Evening Mail: These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than...... >> Continue reading Baseball's Sad Lexicon