A talk with international baseball expert Joel Araujo

...s World Series when I found myself in the middle of a press conference translating for Timo Perez before an enormous amount of media. Following that season I worked for a couple of months...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Perez the true definition of a marginal player

...an American League team that basically has a set lineup? Probably not so hot: LAKELAND, Fla. -- Timo Perez is not a complicated player. He's a left-handed line-drive hitter who will step...

Three Strikes: Wednesday edition

...group together on the same lineup card. OK, it was just a spring training game. And Timo Perez was hitting third on Wednesday's card. But when the games actually count, Leyland admitted that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2008

Santana market tepid at best

At the winter meetings, the Red Sox talked extensively about Johan Santana. They debated and evaluated and argued and made offers. He was a front-burn...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2008

Yanks have mental edge

The Red Sox have the best record in baseball and lead the AL East by five games in the loss column with 13 games to play, following Josh Beckett's 19t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2007

In Rogers they trust

...on to win in extra innings, 2-1. He was sturdy and reliable, writes Mitch Albom. Timo Perez got the big hit, as John Lowe writes. The Tigers remain 3½ games behind the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 06, 2007

Answering your questions

Things are winding down this season. I've started to see a lot of already-answered questions recently, so make sure you check before sending your ques...

Extreme home/road SP splits

It's not often we see a veteran pitcher, with 75 career starts and coming off a 16-win season, get demoted to the minor leagues, but that's what happe...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2007

No need to max out for Escobar

Kelvim Escobar was a closer at age 21, a starter at 22, went back to closing again at age 26, and started and closed at 28. Along the way, he develope...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2006

...sit a month. The Twins can't catch 'em. But we don't want Pods' replacement, Timo Perez. We need steals. We credit Podsednik for trying. Since July 23, he's attempted 13 stolen...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 16, 2005