July 31st has been an important day several times in the history of the John Henry era Red Sox. Nomar Garciaparra was traded in 2004, leading of course to the magical World Series run. The following year, Jonathan Papelbon made his debut while Manny Ramirez failed to start, although he pinch hit after the deadline …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Did the Red Sox Miss Out on Roy Oswalt?
The past offseason didn’t just have an elephant in the room – it had an elephant the entire room was on top of stampeding down the streets of Boston like a pachyderm “rolling rally.” If this elephant had a first name, like the song goes, it would be P-I-T-C-H, and it’s second name would be …
Thoughts from Google I/O or a Three Day Tour
Last month I set out on a trip to California to visit with family, investigate working on the Left Coast, and attend Google I/O. I/O (Input/Output) is Google’s annual developer conference and their stage to announce products, strategy, and outlook for the year to come. I/O has been home to the unveiling of several big …
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The Marlins Become a Supervillain
This past winter the Marlins were the talk of the town. Rather than cutting salary and penny-pinching, the Fish were binging on “new stadium revenue” while signing Mark Buehrle, Heath Bell, and Jose Reyes. One disappointing half-season later, the team is selling once again. It started yesterday when the team shipped Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante to …
At Which Time Watching Cartoons Paid Off
As I’ve said before, I’m a big fan of the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) and the corresponding twitter account OEDonline, which I recommend everyone follow for their tremendous word of the day feature. Today turned out to be better than most, as it justified all the hours I put into Scooby Doo cartoons as a …