by jkeller | Aug 15, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Justin Morneau, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Paul Konerko, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
If you follow me on Twitter (and really, why wouldn’t you?) then you know that this column was completed minutes before Napoli hit a 9th inning, 2-run, game-tying home run on Wednesday night in Toronto. While one home run does not necessarily end a slump, when...
by bcowett | Aug 14, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Koji Uehara, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
You hear a lot of superlatives and over-the-top adjectives when describing this team, but one really stands out: resiliency. This team knows how to bounce back. It took some bonus baseball, but the Red Sox finally closed it out in the 11th inning, thanks to Shane...
by akhatchaturian | Aug 14, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey
The Boston Red Sox have provided their fans many unexpected surprises this season, but one of the biggest has been John Lackey’s emergence as the team’s most reliable starting pitcher. Coming into the season, expectations for Lackey were low. He didn’t pitch last year...
by bcowett | Aug 13, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Fire Brand Trivia! Just a couple more left! Question: Since 2003, which Red Sox third baseman with over 200 PA holds the highest ISO? HONOR CODE: No search engines or keyword searches. Previous Question Answer: I made a mistake in the wording, it was supposed to say...
by bcowett | Aug 13, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Lind, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Snyder, Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus, Edwin Encarnacion, J.A. Happ, J.P. Arencibia, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Maicer Izturis, Mark Buehrle, Melky Cabrera, Rajai Davis, Steve Delabar, Toronto Blue Jays
That Royals series was very frustrating. But for every sequence of games like that, there’s three others against teams like Toronto. Teams with no pitching that if you don’t tee off against, you should feel pretty distraught. And back to the Great White...
