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PHOTO: Like the three ôblindö men in Dr. No (see picture, above), umpire C B Bucknor hails from Jamaicaàand like the three men in the James Bond movie, Bucknor isnÆt really blindùheÆs just pretending. Early this morning I read an article written for MLB.com by contributing writer Joe Frisaro. The article addressed last nightÆs performance by first base umpire C B Bucknorùan effort that was so abysmal that it required an ...

Jon Lester and John Lackey engaged in a pretty sharp pitchers' duel into the bottom of the fifth inning of Game One last night in Anaheim, CA. It was at that point Lester left a fastball out over the middle of the plate that LA center fielder Torii Hunter clobberedùsending it into the rock garden in center field at Angel Stadium. The three-run home run put the Angels on top, and ...

Any person employed in a high-profile job will find themselves the subject of intense scrutiny at one time or another. They will find that their performance will be analyzed and dissected, and they will be subject to criticism andùsometimesùto ridicule. It doesnÆt matter whether you are the President of the United States, the governor of your state, the mayor of your city, or the teacher of your sonÆs sixth-grade class, there ...

Yesterday, I took a look at the combatantÆs starting pitching...today we will take a look at their starting nine. The teams scored nearly the same number of runs (LA - 883, 2nd in AL; BOS - 872, 3rd in AL) and had nealry-identical OBPs (BOS - .352, 2nd; LA - .350, 3rd), though the Red Sox hit considerably more home runs (BOS - 212, 3rd; LA - 173, 8th) and the ...

The Angels and Red Sox starting rotations were statistically very similar throughout the season...how the starters perform over the next week will go a long way in determining who will advance to the '09 ALCS. I have just placed my crystal ball on my desk...let's take a look at the likely matchups: á Game One: John Lackey and Jon Lester Lackey was 11-8, with a 3.83 ERA and 1.27 WHIP in 2009.á He was ...

As the Sox look forward to the first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, there are a few things that we DO know: 1) According to the NY Daily News, the Red Sox and Angels will play in ALDS Series B, meaning theyÆll play on Thursday and Friday nights in Los Angeles at 9:37 PM EST, followed by games here in Boston on Sunday and Mondayàthe ...

With 23 games remaining in the regular season, it appears it is safe to say the Red Sox will not be the AL East Champions in 2009—that title will almost certainly belong to the NY Yankees. Hopefully, it is the only title the Evil Empire will lay claim to in 2009. So, the next goal for the Olde Towne Team is making the playoffs. In spite of a deluge of injuries to its pitching ...

To say that Derek Jeter passing Lou Gehrig as the NY Yankees all-time hit leader is much ado about nothing would be completely disrespectful…yet, I am left feeling that all of the fuss that has been attributed to the accomplishment is significantly overblown. Jeter grounded a single through the right side of a rainy Yankee Stadium infield last night to pass The Iron Horse as the career hit leader for baseball’s ...