Wholesale Keychain TRIVIA: Rookie start with 2 XBH

Josh Reddick’s debut start for the Red Sox earlier in the year netted him two extra bases hits. Who was the last Red Sox rookie to have such a debut and in what year?

Red Sox’s road record cautions playoff success

With Sunday’s extension of the wild card lead to four games on the back of the doubleheader sweep, Boston’s entrance into the playoffs as the wild card winner is all but assured. (But at seven games behind New York, it ain’t over!)

This is problematic.

Don’t get me wrong, making the playoffs is great, and I’d pick that over missing the playoffs. But the Red Sox don’t seem as well-equipped to advance far in the playoffs as many (including I) would like to think.