Toeing the Rubber

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Goodbye to The Captain

Cyn | March 4, 2012

In thinking about what was coming this season, I knew we’d be saying goodbye to Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek either by way of seeing them on another team or by retirement.  Generally, I’ve always been more fond of Wake.  Not that I don’t like Tek but Wake always had that indescribable something extra that [...]

Professionalism!

Cyn | February 27, 2012

It’s the little things that drive me crazy.  In an effort to be the first and fastest to get news out there, the Boston Globe and Peter Abraham let such sloppy writing get past them. It was corrected about an hour after it was posted, but that it ever got posted just blows my mind. [...]

Because we haven’t had enough…

Cyn | October 20, 2011

Wasn’t it nice back when none of the players were responding to the criticisms brought about by Bob Hohler’s article?  Remember those halcyon days? Now we have Jon Lester personally calling just about every sports writer in New England, Josh Beckett and John Lackey releasing statements, yesterday was Jason Varitek fielding softballs from Greg Hill [...]

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