5/25: Ugh.

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (31-21) @ Oakland A’s 27-23) Jon Lester (3-2, 3.41) @ Joe Blanton (2-6, 3.87) 4:05 PM EDT | McAfee Collesium (Oakland, CA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Looks like Tim can’t make it in to get the thread up, so here...

TRIVIA: Lefty rookie bashers

First things first: I asked the mythical ground-rule triple question: Fenway Park is the only stadium where you can get a ground-rule triple. How? Tessie’s Dad not only got it right by saying it’s a hit off the ladder, but found out it was a myth. I called...

A look at Bartolo Colon’s Red Sox debut

Bartolo Colon had a rather impressive start to his big league career with the Red Sox. Throwing 74 pitches, 62 percent were for strikes, an encouraging sign, especially with someone coming off an arm injury making his first start in the bigs. Only 6.7 percent of...

Call David Ortiz’s shot

State Farm has a promotion that directly involves a Red Sox player who we all know and love: David Ortiz. Enter the promotion daily through June 24th at Call Your Shot and the grand prize winner gets to stand next to Big Papi at the Home Run Derby during the All-Star...

TRIVIA: Ground-rule triple

First, the answer to the last trivia question, which was Carroll Hardy, a former Boston Red Sox backup outfielder, pinch-hit for two current/future Hall of Famers while with the Boston Red Sox, and for one of the Hall of Famers, it is/was the only time this player...