Last night, Daniel Bard kicked off the Jordan’s Shootout with a score of 15. After his interview on the NESN Live set at Fenway South, it was time for Jarrod Saltalamacchia to take his turn.
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Tomorrow marks the first day that the Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers will workout together. The position players will join them later in the week.
For Jarrod Saltalamacchia, he’ll enter the season as the primary catcher for the Red Sox. For him, he’s looking forward to working with the entire pitching staff. He talked about that and more with Tom Caron and Peter Gammons on the NESN Live set at Fenway South in Ft. Myers, FL.
To watch part two of the interview, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
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Before participating in the Jordan’s Shootout, Boston Red Sox pitcher Daniel Bard stopped by the NESN set to talk with Tom Caron and Peter Gammons about his transition to the starting rotation after being a reliever his whole career in the big leagues.
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Last year, NESN had the Boston Red Sox players compete in a closest to the pin contest during spring training. This year, they are playing basketball, well “Pop-a-Shot” basketball.
First up in the Jordan’s Shootout was Red Sox pitcher Daniel Bard.
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The man who knuckled his way into our hearts, Tim Wakefield, announced his retirement from baseball after spending 19 years in the big leagues including the final 17 of his career with the Boston Red Sox.
Wakefield said during his press conference that he actually had decided to retire on Monday and hadn’t slept all week.
It’s almost a sure thing but as much as he’ll be missed on the field, he’ll be missed just as much for all the work he does for charities in the Boston area. He said during the presser that he had been offered jobs by the Red Sox Foundation and The Jimmy Fund but hadn’t decided what to do.
Something tells me once the dust settles from the retirement announcement, he’ll stay involved with one or both of those charities. He also stated no matter what that he’ll continue to do charity work.
Folks, that’s what made Wakefield great. For as good as man as he was on the field, he was an even much better man off of it. And for some, that’s how he’ll be remembered.
Wakefield joined the Red Sox in 1995 as a free agent after being released from the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his 17 years with the local nine, he was 186-168 with a 4.43 ERA and 22 saves in 590 games (430 starts).
He’ll finish his long career with a record of 200-180 with a 4.41 ERA and 22 saves in 627 games (463 starts).
Here is the full video of Wakefield’s press conference that opened with remarks from Tom Werner:
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On Wednesday night, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling was in Los Angeles to appear on Conan.
While I am sure he was there to promote his new video game “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning“, the two did talk mostly about baseball since Conan O’Brien grew up in Brookline, MA, the heart of Red Sox Nation. They even talked about the fried chicken and beergate incident from the end of last season as well as Schilling’s favorite prank when he was in the big leagues among other things.
Here’s the video for your enjoyment in case you missed it:
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Boston Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez stopped by the ESPN SportsCenter set on Wednesday morning to chat with Hannah Storm.
The pair talked about the collapse from the 2011 season, new skipper Bobby Valentine, the new guys and the fried chicken and beergate fiasco among other things during the interview.
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If you wanted to know what type of mentality newcomer Mark Melancon brings to the Boston Red Sox bullpen, you don’t have to look any further than the video below.
Recently, Melancon went to New Zealand and went swimming with great white sharks. And to me, yes you have to be crazy to do that.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x32kCJJoxK4?rel=0
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Given everything that happened at the end of the 2011 season for the Boston Red Sox, it shouldn’t be really that much of a surprise that Josh Beckett didn’t say anything. We all know his disdain for the media from the countless interviews he’s given.
But the reason Beckett didn’t talk after the season isn’t what everyone thinks, it turns out he was busy with his wife and new daughter.
Beckett’s silence ended on Thursday afternoon when he appeared on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk with his good buddy Kevin Millar and Chris Rose. In the interview, he talks about new skipper Bobby Valentine’s visit among many other topics.
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Former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona took a few minutes at the 2011 Baseball Winter Meetings to take with CSNNE’s Jessica Moran.
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