// Nick Swisher

Red Sox Blow 9-Run Lead in Horrific Loss to Yankees

By ⋅ April 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Bobby Valentine has had a rough week. First his sideshow debacle with Kevin Youkilis, and now another loss to the Yankees has the rage of the city of Boston at his office door. It looked like a brilliant day early on at Fenway Park late Saturday afternoon, with Felix Doubront quieting the high-powered Yankees offense [...]

Yankees Spoil Fenway’s 100th Anniversary

By ⋅ April 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Fenway Park celebrated its 100th birthday as Boston Red Sox legends gathered before the game for a spectacular showing, but the New York Yankees crashed the party. Led by five solo home runs off of Sox starter Clay Buchholz, the Bronx Bombers lived up to their nickname and took the first game of the year [...]

7-Run 7th Gives Red Sox Second Sweep at Yankee Stadium

By ⋅ June 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It took three hours and 27 minutes of a rain delay and then seven innings of actual baseball Thursday night for history to repeat itself, but repeat it did. Josh Beckett beat CC Sabathia for the third time this season, and the Red Sox scored seven runs in the top of the seventh to beat [...]

Fantasy Fast Forward: Outfield Diamonds in the Rough

By ⋅ March 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you like a challenge, sifting through the dozens of major league outfielders and trying to project their 2011 fantasy value should be right up your alley. There are thinner positions in the big leagues heading into this season… shortstop and third base, namely… but I always find the outfield to be the toughest to [...]

Book Review: Moneyball – Winning Cheap

By ⋅ August 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

As titles go, Moneyball is a bit of a misnomer. When one thinks of the term “moneyball,” one might be inclined to think of playing baseball by spending lots of money. But the reality is that Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s 2003 bestseller, is about a general manager’s (Billy Beane if the Oakland Athletics) quest to put [...]

Here’s Johnny: Our First Glimpse of Damon in a Tigers Uniform

By ⋅ May 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This weekend, Red Sox Nation will get their first look at Johnny Damon in a Tigers uniform. Do we still hold a grudge? Should the Yankees have let him go? Should we have picked him up?

Video: Clay Buchholz and Nick Swisher ESPN Commercial

By ⋅ March 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With the Red Sox and Yankees set to square off on Opening Day on ESPN, the network has released a commercial featuring Sox starter Clay Buchholz and outfielder Nick Swisher watching TV together. Check out Clay’s singing skills below:

Red Sox Very Clean, Get Swept by Yankees

By ⋅ August 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Perhaps the plane tickets were wrong. Perhaps there was some baggage-related mix-up. Whatever happened, the Red Sox offense never arrived in New York, losing the fourth game of this crucial late-season series to the Yankees 5-2. Damon and Teixeira’s back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning — off Daniel Bard, no less — may have [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 4 (4-27 – 5-3)

By ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Apparently I am not the only one who believes that Kansas City’s Zack Greinke is in trouble. The good people over at Sports Illustrated have it in for the young ace as evident by the fact that they decided to put him on last week’s cover. Like many other stories of sports lore, the “Sports Illustrated [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 1 (4-5 – 4-12)

By ⋅ April 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome to the 2009 season! Let me guess: You are already freaking out and making rash decisions. No, no, no. You are talking trash to every member in your league and demanding a plaque with your name on it. Then there is my personal favorite where you are in first place, but are just waiting [...]

The First Week of Baseball

By ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

While nothing happened in the first week of baseball that was quite at the level of excitement of Boston University’s win of the NCAA hockey championship, there was some exciting action, but also a reminder of how short life can be. Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart made just his fourth major league start and later that night was killed [...]

How to Fix the Yankees 2009 Roster

By ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Yankees have quite a bit of holes to fill this offseason. Simply put their hitting last year was abysmal (partially due to injuries, but also some guys aging) and their starting pitching had so many injuries that they relied much too much on Sidney Ponson. Their fielding has sunk to a really poor level [...]

Fantasy Wrap-Up: Week 21 (8-18 – 8-24)

By ⋅ August 26, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Nelson Cruz Called Up to Play for Rangers Rangers’ OF Nelson Cruz was called up to the majors and will play almost everyday for the rest of the season. In Triple-A, he was absolutely destroying everything he saw with a .342 avg, 37 HR, and 99 RBI. In 96 games last year he hit very [...]

Players I Targeted

By ⋅ April 5, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Draft day approaches and you think you have everything planned out. But let’s face it, the only round you have a definitive plan for is round one. Every round after that is made on the fly or every decision is made out of pure panic. So you may be asking yourself: “Pete, you’re a reliable [...]

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