February 2008
Let's not beat around the bush here, eh? Japanese pitchers are incredibly frustrating to gauge in Spring Training. For the second straight year, Daisuke Matsuzaka - that beautiful photo of the Gun from the Rising Sun below comes courtesy Reuters...
Continue reading "Dice-K Looks Hittable, Still Good" »
With more and more videos hitting YouTube every day, and more and more Red Sox fans jumping in on the act, WMYM figured once a week or so we should dig up the best from recent days. So, without further...
Continue reading "YouTuberific: Jacoby, Paps and Theme Songs?" »
Sure, they were only college kids, but how do you complain about 24-0 and, well, it's 15-0 in the bottom of the sixth right now, so we're betting the Northeastern Huskies just aren't coming back. While, understandably, it's hard to...
Continue reading "Two Up, Two Down. Not a Bad Start." »
Finally! While the start of Spring Training is an exciting yearly pastime, a reassurance that winter is ending soon perhaps, things don't really count until pitchers start tossing off a mound. Thankfully, we're finally there. Masterson: Gets early Spring Training...
Continue reading "Time to Hit the Hill" »
Before anything else, the most important news of the day: The answer to yesterday's great debate was, alas, panini. That's right, if you had panini in your personal "what is WMYM eating for lunch pool", pat yourself on the back....
Continue reading "While the Prez Holds Court, the Sox Play Rotation Roullette" »
We break from the non-stop Bartolo Colon and Curt Schilling news for this brief announcement of hilarity: Jonathan Papelbon wouldn't do too well in the backstreets of Madrid. Or Mexico City for that matter. For the second year in a...
Continue reading "Oh Boy. Paps Should Stick to English" »
Good afternoon from beautiful - well, at least recently improved - BWI airport, WMYM's personal Sky Harbor. At lthe moment. Before we get into the most-important ongoing debate in WMYM's world, whether to get a crabcake sandwich or a panini,...
Continue reading "Training Tidbits en Route to Snow" »
Before we get head over heels into the Bartolo Colon signing, let's get one thing straight: This is NOT a Runelvys Hernandez or Juan Gonzalez signing, no matter how the Red Sox are spinning it. In truth, even the Runelvys...
Continue reading "Check Your Colon Boston" »
Brief late night spot here before WMYM hits the sack to get ready for another big mystery announcement tomorrow. OK, just kidding. There's no reason to believe another bombshell is coming manana. But it might. Regardless, almost simultaneous with the...
Continue reading "All Tito, All the Time" »
Red Sox nation, your long national nightmare is finally over: Terry Francona is locked up.It took a boatload of cash for a manager, but Theo and ownership ensured Tito isn't going anywhere, signing him to a three-year deal that ranges...
Continue reading "Now THAT's a Good Deal" »
- Oh Boy. Paps Should Stick to English [Posted on February 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM]
- Training Tidbits en Route to Snow [Posted on February 26, 2008 at 2:45 PM]
- Check Your Colon Boston [Posted on February 25, 2008 at 7:41 PM]
- All Tito, All the Time [Posted on February 25, 2008 at 2:44 AM]
- Now THAT's a Good Deal [Posted on February 24, 2008 at 7:17 PM]
- It's Spring Training for Everyone [Posted on February 23, 2008 at 5:28 PM]
- Crap! He Hired Boras!?! [Posted on February 22, 2008 at 7:29 PM]
- Spring Training Heaters: Who Needs Actual Practices for Real News? [Posted on February 20, 2008 at 7:55 PM]
- Spring Training Heaters: Hit (in) The Cage Gents [Posted on February 19, 2008 at 5:19 PM]
- Here's a Shock: Schilling Can't Shut Up [Posted on February 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM]
- They're Working Out [Posted on February 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM]
- Schilling, Clemens and Congress. The Strange Webs Steroids Weave [Posted on February 15, 2008 at 8:07 PM]
- Rah-Gah Gets a Gavel Smackdown [Posted on February 14, 2008 at 3:52 PM]
- Spring Training '08: The Repeating Starts Now [Posted on February 13, 2008 at 2:38 PM]
- In Praise, Memory of Eric Hinske [Posted on February 11, 2008 at 5:33 PM]
- Here Comes Manny Claus! [Posted on February 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM]
- Forget Nomo, Dice-K's Gunning to be a Second Beckett [Posted on February 10, 2008 at 5:22 PM]
- The Schilling Saga Continues [Posted on February 10, 2008 at 1:08 AM]
- 10-4, Good Buddy. Is South Carolina Below or Above Georgia? [Posted on February 9, 2008 at 5:27 PM]
- Oh Pedro, We Miss You. Have Fun With PETA! [Posted on February 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM]
- Schilling Speaks, And So Does the $8MM [Posted on February 8, 2008 at 5:23 PM]
- Great. Schilling's Taking us for a Ride? Again? [Posted on February 8, 2008 at 12:01 AM]
- Where Shall We Begin? [Posted on February 7, 2008 at 4:46 PM]