Alex interviews Jon Couture of The New Bedford Standard-Times and the “Better Dead than Red” Red Sox blog. Alex and Jon discuss the controversy over Daniel Bard’s role on the pitching staff, the peculiar timeline of Carl Crawford’s suddenly severe elbow injury, and how the first weeks of Bobby Valentine’s managerial tenure have gone. Alex
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The Red Sox enter the week riding a 5-game losing streak, as their contest against the Yankees was mercifully rained out last night. Alex does briefly touch upon the well-done and frankly surreal ceremony Friday afternoon at Fenway Park. Alex gets quite sentimental when talking about those 2003-2005 Red Sox teams. After that, though, it’s
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Alex discusses the most recent Red Sox three game losing streak, and speaks about the atrocious efforts from the bullpen on both Tuesday and Wednesday night against Texas. Shouldn’t all blame for this horrid bullpen fall on the baseball operations department? They are the people who assembled the team. The controversy stemming from Bobby Valentine’s
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The guys discuss the Knicks playoff push and the Nets meaningless wins and round out the show with some general NBA talk and mention of some familiar and very evil names. Hosted By: Rusty & PMAC [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Even though Jacoby Ellsbury has dislocated his right shoulder, and even though the effect of that injury will most certainly be felt, the Red Sox rolled through the weekend taking three straight games from the Rays. Alex discusses the resiliency of the Red Sox offense, and how they’ve shown a lot of grit early on
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The Red Sox begin the season 1-5 and are 8-25 since September of last year. Adrian Gonzalez commented after Wednesday’s loss that this year “feels different” than last year. That may be true, but it sure doesn’t look any different. Alex discusses the many faults of the Red Sox, including their inability to play “winning
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The Red Sox kicked off the 2012 season with a dud. The bullpen, most notably Alfredo Aceves and Mark Melancon, undermined the offense’s comeback attempts on both Thursday and Sunday. Nothing can destroy a team’s morale more than an unreliable bullpen can, and that is precisely why there is reason to fret after only 3
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It is finally time for Alex to supply the listeners with his extensive 2012 MLB season predictions. Alex prognosticates each division, the MVP and CY Young winners, as well as the World Champion. Alex also spends some time talking about the decisions to have Jose Iglesias begin the year in AAA and Daniel Bard begin
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