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One time my outie was on Parks & Rec with Mark S. #Severance #LettersToCleo

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

Do well-run organizations fire head coaches after one year? You tell me. Here are the ones that have done it since 2010 (per the Pro Football Network): Raiders Jaguars (2x) Browns (2x) 49ers (2x) Cardinals Texans (2x) Broncos Panthers

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Jerod Mayo joins Pete Carroll in an illustrious club: they're the only two coaches to win their first and last games with the Patriots.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

If you're interested in reading more about my demise, @chadfinn.bsky.social has you covered in the Globe. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/04/s...

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

I get that we need things to talk about when a team wins as much as the Celtics, but my god, the Tatum vs. Anthony Edwards conversation was always stupid. One guy's in the conference finals every year and the other might not even make the playoffs this season.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Film critic and co-host of the "Breakfast All Day" podcast, Christy Lemire is no longer on Twitter. @christylemire.bsky.social Had over 21K followers on X 👏👏👏 Growing here, currently on 3.7K followers, go give her a boost

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Some personal news: after 6 great years at NBC Sports Boston, I recently learned my contract will not be renewed. Rest assured, I will remain annoyed about the Red Sox refusing to spend. In the meantime, this is the part where I say I'm available to write/edit/clean stables. Hope to see you soon!

submitted 56 days ago • 8 comments

What you'd have to average every season for 20 years to surpass Rickey Henderson's lifetime marks: Steals (1,406): 71 Walks (2,190): 110 Runs (2,295): 115 Number of players to reach all of those totals in one season in the last 100 years: 1. Rickey Henderson, of course.

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

Prediction: Patrick Sandoval will be as useful to the 2025 stretch drive as Collin McHugh was in 2020 and James Paxton was in 2022 and Liam Hendriks was last year. But this will not stop us from hearing, all summer, about the role Sandoval might play in September.

submitted 68 days ago • 4 comments

I do not understand the obsession with rehabbing pitchers. Sign someone who can definitely help now, as opposed to maybe never. And the Red Sox don't just take fliers on these guys -- they give them real money! If someone else was willing to pay Patrick Sandoval $18M to rehab ... let them.

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

No one has changed my thinking on this subject more than Alex. Applying the old benchmarks would basically leave just one pitcher to debut in the last 20 years as a lock: Verlander. Times change, and our HOF standards should reflect new usage patterns.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Pro tip: if you're trying to find Scott Merkin's interview with Garrett Crochet, do not Google "crochet merkin" as I did, because the results will NOT relate to baseball. (but they might make you some money on Etsy)

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Great stuffs tonight on @NBCSBoston Early Edition w @trenni.bsky.social , Love hearing TomE and @mikegiardi.bsky.social chop it up , @jtomase.bsky.social w some good #Redsox insight

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

The cost was steep, but the Red Sox are acquiring a legitimate ace in Garrett Crochet ⚾ @jtomase.bsky.social breaks down all angles of Boston's blockbuster trade, from Crochet's arsenal to potential durability concerns 🔽 www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-r...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Steep price for Crochet, and one can argue they should've just used money on a free agent, but hard to complain about the Red Sox acquiring a 25-year-old ace with absolutely dominating stuff. Crochet's upside is higher than Fried or Burnes. This is a win for Breslow.

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

SOURCE: Max Fried and the New York Yankees agree to an eight-year, $218 million deal, pending a physical, @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social reports. It's the biggest deal for a left-hander and fourth largest pitching contract in MLB history. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...

submitted 78 days ago • 12 comments

Ja'ynn Polk promises better times ahead, plus buyer beware in free agency (and more) in this weekend's NFL Notebook. www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2024/12/05/g...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

The fact that Red Sox only reached $600M recently is not a good sign. They're lagging the market when they need to be setting it. They're not getting Soto without being reckless.

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

I did not see Aroldis Chapman coming. Still lights it up, still doesn't always know where it's going, and I would *not* feel good about him closing regularly. As former Red Sox exec Zack Scott noted on the other place, Sox scuttled a deal for him in 2015 over the nasty domestic violence allegations.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Payton Pritchard is the best player in the world tonight.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Good luck vs. Foxboro today to Mansfield HS football and coach Mike Redding, who's going for his 300th win. Coach Redding and I arrived at MHS on the same day in 1988 and he's still going strong, coaching the children of some of my classmates to another Super Bowl.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Some thoughts on the early shape of the MLB free agent market, which is still dominated by Juan Soto, but also shows some trends on the pitching side that should catch the attention of the Red Sox. www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-r...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Brad Stevens would make a good analyst someday if he ever decides to go the Van Gundy route.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments