Outtakes: Nomar Garciaparra on his Achilles injury, the 2004 season, and the...
This is the sixth in a series of outtakes from interviews done for Feeding the Monster, to be published on July 11 by Simon & Schuster. It is the last of three outtakes from this interview with...
View ArticleNomar, redux…
ESPN has an excerpt about the period leading up to Nomar’s trade from the Sox. Judging from previous response, I’m sure no one will have anything at all to say about this. (There’s another chat...
View ArticleIt’s July. And you know what that means.
When I do readings, the two questions I get more than any others are: * Was Nomar on steroids? and * What’s Manny really like? I have no idea what the answer is to the first one. And I always struggle...
View ArticleBack to the future, alternate universe edition (I know I’m supposed to come...
The Red Sox have lost 12 out of 20 games. David Wells — who not long ago said he wanted to blow up Fenway — has become the team’s ace. The combined salaries of Keith Foulke and Matt Clement are higher...
View ArticleAbout last night; Globe refuses to write about Mike Timlin’s high-wire act;...
First things first: thanks to everyone who came out last night to hear me talk about Feeding the Monster at Professor Thoms’. Chris, the always delightful man behind the bar, has some more copies of...
View Article“For Boras, when does this start being about his clients’ doing what they...
Insider of my trying to comment on/summarize this, you really should just read Buster Olney’s column on ESPN.com; it’s great. Here are some pertinent sections: “‘If I represent you,’ [Boras] has told...
View ArticleWhat – you want more on the Mitchell Report?
Lots and lots and lots and lots of actual and virtual ink will be spilled on the Mitchell Report, which is going to make life hell for a whole mess of people. I’ll resist added too much of my drivel...
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