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Buck and Kirk talk with ESPN.coms Keith Law about the balloting process for Major League Baseballs Hall of Fame and who he thinks deserves to be on the ballot and who doesn't really deserve the honor of being placed on there.
there were questions about whether Ellsbury could ever return to his pre-injury form, whether he was a capable leadoff hitter , and even whether he was fully devoted to the team. But Ellsbury said he had no concerns about his ability to come back
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it comes to Ellsbury is that the Red Sox have discovered another MVP-caliber player -- and perhaps the premier leadoff hitter in baseball -- and now they have to figure out a way to keep him. While Ellsbury will go back to workout at Athletes
homer off of Yankees reliever Scott Proctor . The blast added to what has become an incredible September in which the leadoff hitter is now hitting .368 with a .409 OBP, .679 slugging mark, 1.088 OPS and seven homers. Given that
a deal with the Sox was if outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury was involved. And with Ellsbury having emerged as a premier leadoff hitter with developing up-the-middle defensive skills who had hit .301 with a .770 OPS while swiping 70 bases in 2009
Alan Embree yelled over to then-Red Sox centerfielder Johnny Damon , "you're replacement is on TV." The young leadoff hitter wouldn't disappoint, beating out a routine grounder to shortstop. Then there was trying to figure out exactly
slowing down (see Willie Mays in 1971). And this is all happening in a spot in the lineup -- between a premier leadoff hitter batting over .300 and an established All-Star having an MVP season -- where you would think Pedroia would be seeing
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it didn’t quite turn out that way. The Sox, of course, endured a historic September collapse, despite their leadoff hitter ’s best efforts to prop up his club. And Ellsbury fell just short of MVP honors, finishing second behind winner
625/1.000 with 21 homers and 56 RBI in the final 69 games of the year, numbers that are simply ridiculous for a leadoff hitter . And, while the Sox spiraled into Hades in September, Ellsbury’s play remained in the clouds. He hit .358
That’s it. You can’t sit back and say, ‘we’ve got to do this, we’ve got to do that.’ Our leadoff hitter has to get on base. That’s how we have to play, pitch by pitch, man, because you can’t come out of stuff
shortstop, Gary DiSarcina, tore a ligament in his thumb in early August, ending his season, and the Mariners traded for leadoff hitter Vince Coleman. From that Aug. 16 checkpoint, the Angels went 13-28 the rest of the way, eventually losing to the Mariners
reason than Rickey will never forget Rickey. Henderson was the embodiment of the power-hitting, base-stealing leadoff hitter , and so it is interesting to note that he never entered into the 30/30 club. He did, however, twice exceed 25
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 showD&C receive a second call from Joe in Nashville voicing his frustration over the Pats not bringing back Randy Moss during last offseason.
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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