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the rotation when the latter was injured early in the season. 2003 Marlins Josh Beckett (3.04 ERA, 138 ERA+), Brad Penny (4.13 ERA, 102 ERA+), Dontrelle Willis (3.30 ERA, 127 ERA+), Mark Redman (3.59 ERA, 117 ERA+), Carl
the Sox have also seen pitchers returning from injury flop. Notable recent instances from the 2009 season include Brad Penny and John Smoltz , both of whom were signed to significant fanfare and returned to health but had poor results that resulted
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the All-Star break. Perhaps most memorably, in 2009, after the Sox missed out on Mark Teixeira , the team signed Brad Penny and John Smoltz to contracts in January. Both pitchers were dumped before the end of the year after pitching poorly
be unlikely to treat him as anything more than a buy-low candidate along the lines of the flyer they took in signing Brad Penny to a one-year deal for the 2009 season. Lackey is anything but a sure thing at this point. That means
had more than two pitchers who were performing to top-of-the-rotation standards, with others – John Smoltz , Brad Penny , John Lackey -- failing to live up to that billing. In that regard, the early returns of the 2011 rotation have
several examples of pitchers who recovered to have at least moderate success after a Beckett-sized flop. Pitchers like Brad Penny , Vicente Padilla and others performed at or near league average in subsequent years. Jim DeShaies had a bad age 31
seventh in ’09 and ninth this past season. Some pitchers witnessed disappointing results, including John Smoltz and Brad Penny in 2009, and Josh Beckett , John Lackey and a host of relievers in 2010. But part of what made Farrell good at his job was
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starters.” A couple years ago, the Sox invested in multiple veteran buy-low options coming off of injuries, signing Brad Penny and John Smoltz to one-year deals. Both returned to health, but nonetheless flopped in Boston; both, ultimately
Wakefield has gone 0-2 with two no-decisions in those four games. To put that run in context, no Red Sox starter since Brad Penny in 2009 has been winless in four straight games in which he allowed four or fewer earned runs and pitched at least
buy-low candidates making appearances on their roster in recent years – players like John Smoltz , Rocco Baldelli , Brad Penny and Jeremy Hermida come to mind – but none with quite the combination of stuff and singularly disappointing track record of Miller
right-handed pitchers (min. 150 pitches to RHB): -0.44 – Clay Buchholz, BOS -0.05 – Kyle Davies, KC -0.03 – Brad Penny , DET In his last two starts, he’s found a bit of a groove against righties, putting up a +0.55 with 6 strikeouts vs. only
Hughes ranks at the bottom: 6.1% – Phil Hughes, NYY 9.9% – Brandon McCarthy, OAK 10.1% – Charlie Morton, PIT 10.4% – Brad Penny , DET ——————————
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Dustin Pedroia joined the Big Show for his weekly segment, and talked about losing Scutaro, gaining Cody Ross and Nick Punto, and then got a surprise from his best friend.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showHeidi chats with D&C to talk about the Project Cupid Date Auction she will be participating in this Saturday in Boston.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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