For those dedicated CubicleGM readers out there, once upon a time, circa 3 or 4 months ago CubicleGM regularly used to write articles, I’d dare even say interested articles, about baseball. Weird, huh? You remember those good old days? What happened to those good old days? Well, brothers Cloud joined the fray and Jacob Nitz [...]
Posts Tagged ‘red sox’
That’s Why They Play the Games. Thankfully the Baseball Writers Don’t Choose the Playoff Teams.
Between March 30 and April 6 each and every year baseball pundits think long and hard. They take out their cauldrons, mix in last season’s results, add in each team’s off-season roster maneuvers, toss in some consideration for player growth/regressions, add in some magic potion, and voila, they have their pre-season predictions. Some pontificators use [...]
Quality Starts: Just One Part of the Story
I kept hitting Refresh yesterday on my Internet Explorer as I watched one of my favorite young sleepers – Tampa Bay’s Matt Garza – throw an absolute gem in his first start of the year against the Red Sox. In Boston, mind you. 7 IP, four hits, five strikeouts and one earned run in what [...]
Red Sock/x: Curt Schilling’s Place in this Painful Era
Congrats to Curt Schilling on a great career, his retirement officially announced earlier this week on his blog, 38 Pitches. For a tangent, kudos also to Deadspin for catching a SportsCenter moment that may well contribute to the job loss number for March (I’m Sure This Won’t Annoy Curt Schilling One Bit).
