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— Our Blogs and Nothing But Our Blogs Sox Therapy: David Ortiz - Postseason Hero, Clutch God, HALL OF FAMERSleep tight, you couldn’t count the cost through the night The words belong to Simple Minds but they are so true of David Americo Ortiz Arias. He started as a minor leaguer with the Mariners where he began what would be a career long tradition of whooping Alex Rodriguez, then in a Home Run Derby. He went to Minnesota where after parts of six seasons he was deemed superfluous and young GM Theo Epstein was ... Read More...Jose is Absurdly Correct but not Helpful
Posted: January 25, 2022 at 06:45 PM | 14 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1895 BallotHere are the specific rules for this election: Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ... Read More...Sox Therapy: The Lockout Files - Jon Lester Hangs ‘Em UpAfter 16 years, 200 wins and three World Series titles Jon Lester is hanging up his spikes. I have to admit I never really warmed to Jon Lester. He always had an A-Rodian quality of seeming fake. I never got the impression he was someone I would want to hang out with, have a beer and shoot the ####. But hot damn could the man pitch. Lester was an old school starter taking the ball every fifth day and stubbornly grinding it out making 30+ starts twelve years in a row. Of course when ... Read More...Jose is Absurdly Correct but not Helpful
Posted: January 12, 2022 at 08:19 AM | 12 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 2023 Hall of Merit Ballot Discussion2023 (December 2022)—elect 3 Top 10 Returning Players Newly Eligible Players Hall of Merit: Carlos Beltraneligible 2023 Hall of Merit: 2022 Hall of Merit Election ResultsCongratulations to our newest members of the Hall of Merit: Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 n/e Alex Rodriguez 672 28 28 2 4 Bobby Abreu 345 21 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 3 5 Sammy Sosa 333 22 2 ...Read More... Sox Therapy: The Lockout Files - What Could’ve BeenI hope everyone had a nice holiday season and you and yours are safe and healthy. Hopefully 2022 will be a better year for all of us. With that out of the way I thought I might kill a little time with a “What Could’ve Been” team from my lifetime. What I’m talking about should become clear fairly quickly; 1B - Nick Esasky - We start with a twofer. What if the Sox kept big Nick and what if he stayed healthy. With all due respect to Carlos Quintana (and who didn’t love Q) imagine the ... Read More...Jose is Absurdly Correct but not Helpful
Posted: December 28, 2021 at 09:37 AM | 31 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 2022 Hall of Merit BallotWelcome to the 2022 Hall of Merit Ballot thread. Balloting is open from now (December 13) through January 6, 2022 at 5 p.m. EST. As a reminder: Hall of Merit: Mock 2022 Hall of Fame Election ResultsBBTF would elect Roger Clemens, Scott Rolen, Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield to the Hall of Fame Player Name Votes Percent Roger Clemens 39 92.9% Scott Rolen 39 92.9% Barry Bonds 38 90.5% Gary Sheffield 33 78.6% ------------------------------------ Alex Rodriguez 31 73.8% Curt Schilling 31 73.8% Todd Helton 29 69.0% Manny Ramirez 27 64.3% David Ortiz 26 61.9% Sammy Sosa 24 57.1% Andruw Jones 18 42.9% Jeff Kent 14 33.3% Bobby Abreu 12 28.6% Tim Hudson 9 21.4% Mark Buehrle 8 19.0% Andy ...Read More... Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1895 DiscussionNo World Series yet so no postseason consideration. Player BBR WAR Hughie Jennings 7.5 Ed Delahanty 6.9 Billy Hamilton 6.1 Sam Thompson 6.0 Jesse Burkett 5.3 Bill Lange 5.4 Mike Griffin 5.6 Joe Kelley 5.9 Willie Keeler 5.3 Jake Stenzel 5.3 John McGraw 5.2 Jack Clements 4.2 Deacon McGuire 5.0 George Davis 4.5 Ed Cartwright 4.3 Ed McKean 4.4 Jake Beckley 4.0 Mike Tiernan 4.3 Hugh Duffy 4.2 Dusty Miller 3.2 Roger Connor 3.6 Bid McPhee 2.8 Bill Joyce 4.1 Bill ...Read More... Page 4 of 175 pages ‹ First < 2 3 4 5 6 > Last › | Features Archive | Site Archive
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