The Functionality of the Ball in Baseball

By Andrew Lipsett Note: Thankfully, this post has absolutely nothing to do with the current team, season, or series. You’re welcome. “In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in...

To be the king of Boston

The timing of this column is probably going to seem a little odd to you. This is just me thinking out loud about what we’ve been missing lately, in these doldrums over the last month or so. Who’s the king of the Boston sports scene? Well, that’s a...

Bakbakbak Beckett

Erstwhile ace Josh Beckett has treated Red Sox fans to a spectacular display of homerun-hitting this year. I don’t know who holds the all-time single season record for most homeruns allowed in a season, or what number of homeruns that individual allowed. But I...

Fan Friendly

Jere writes every 735th Red Sox fan’s favorite blog, A Red Sox Fan In Pinstripe Territory. In June, Dan Shaughnessy wrote this article for the Globe Magazine, about the way things have changed in Boston sports since 1990. Can you find the absolutley ridiculous...

Ouch.

To quote Dr. Zachary Smith, “oh the pain, the terrible, terrible pain.” In what is becoming a pattern these days, the Sox do more wrong than right before ultimately suffering death by walk-off to the Rays yesterday. Getting it out of the way; Jason Johnson...