Category: Morning Links

The Red Sox split a doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins yesterday, but the biggest story of the day was the performance of Eduardo Rodriguez in the first game. Coming off his ultra-impressive major league debut in Texas, the young lefty was equally as impressive yesterday, going seven innings, allowing two hits, one run and striking … Continue reading Red Sox Still In Deep Hole, But Rodriguez Offers Hope

The Red Sox are not a good baseball team right now. If Glenn Ordway were still on the air, he'd have broken out the THEY'RE RUININ' MY SUMMAH!!!! line a thousand times by now. The airwaves are poison right now, so we turn to the writers for some interesting and measured analysis and reporting: Red … Continue reading ‘The Best Of’ For June 1st

While the talk shows and columnists of New England have been focused on the Patriots and whether or not the Super Bowl Champions plotted to let .02 PSI out of footballs, the last-place Red Sox have avoided the spotlight for their 21-26 start. We've even had Chris Gasper with these alternating columns this week - … Continue reading Who’s Happy About All The Deflated Talk? The Red Sox.

It's difficult to post when you're in the midst of a rage that grows with each passing moment. At some point reason and common sense will take over, right? ESPN's Legal Analyst Lester Munson actually wrote this sentence this week. Three men who beat up a partner or child, and a guy who according to … Continue reading Raging and Ranting

Mr. Kraft - I have great feelings of warmth, gratitude and respect for you as owner of the New England Patriots, and for all that you've done for professional football in our region. Purchasing the team, hiring Bill Belichick, building a new stadium, overseeing four Super Bowl Championship teams has been an exhilarating experience for … Continue reading An Open Letter To Mr. Robert Kraft

If you had the misfortune of listening to Chris "Mad Dog" Russo's appearance on WEEI this morning, you may well feel, as I do, that you lost 20 IQ points from the exchange. Kirk Minihane and Gerry Callahan did a good job challenging Russo, who would not hear or acknowledge any of it. He screamed … Continue reading Chris Russo Meltdown Microcosm Of National Reaction To Patriots

To anyone with half a brain and an ability to think critically, the NFL's entire handling of the so-called deflategate scandal has been a complete farce and bag-job. Fortunately that has become clear to more and more people around the country, many of whom are in no way Patriots fans or supporters. Here are some … Continue reading The Very Best Of The DeflateGate-Debunking Links

Usually about this time of year, about all NFL fans have to look forward to is passing camp coverage. Then, in a month or so, there would be a mandatory minicamp worth a couple days of coverage. Today, the NFL Network will present (at least) 12 hours of coverage of deflategate and the Tom Brady … Continue reading Goodell, NFL Get Exactly What They Want

The Wells Report is mindblowing. And not because of the contents. Because of the arrogance, the ineptitude and the lack of neutrality. Roger Goodell commissioned this as an "Independent Investigation" despite the fact that it was being led by an NFL Executive Vice President in Jeff Pash and by Ted Wells of the law firm of … Continue reading More Probable Than Not That NFL “Independent Investigation” Was Anything But