Bookends of Hell

October 2, 2011 by Jeff Polman · 1 Comment

As much as I had grown to like Terry Francona, the 2011 Red Sox were severely unprepared to start the season, and ill-equipped to finish it, and it’s a manager’s job to prevent things like that from happening. Yes, there were some devastating injuries to Clay Buchholz, Dice-K, and in the stretch run, Kevin Youkilis, […]

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Centerfield in Washington Is Ankiel’s Now

April 3, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

When Rick Ankiel laid down the perfect squeeze bunt in the seventh inning yesterday all the thoughts of the Nationals nagging center field question disappeared like Brad Wilkerson going back into the dugout after waving to the crowd upon hitting for the cycle early in the 2005 season. Â Nyjer who? Â And what was that other […]

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