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The love we had, we had to let it go

Cyn | October 27, 2012

Okay, so where are we? The Red Sox end the 2012 season in last place in the AL East with a 69-93 record. (Take heart. The Marlins ended the season with the same record and the Twins, Indians, Cubs, Astros and Rockies all had worse records than the Sox.) Then Bobby Valentine gets his walking papers [...]

I Got My “Old” Guy

Cyn | October 21, 2012

Well that was quick and painless. The World Series hasn’t even started yet and the Red Sox have a new manager. I’d call that progress over last season. Sean McAdam was the first to announce last night that the Red Sox and the Blue Jays came to an agreement and John Farrell would be the [...]

Welcome to Bizarro World

Cyn | September 2, 2012

The other night I looked over the 25-man roster and thought about who I would still like to see in Boston in 2013. Neither Bobby Valentine nor Alfredo Aceves made the list. David Ortiz did. As did Dustin Pedroia, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Pedro Ciriaco, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Cody Ross. That was pretty much it. Seven guys off the 25. The month of September has started off even more oddly than the entire season has gone and part of me worries that it’s only going to get weirder and worse (part of me is hoping that’s the case because, dammit, if I’m not going to get good baseball I might as well get something compelling).

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