by jreilly | Jun 1, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Pedro Ciriaco, Ryan Dempster, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks
The mark of a very good baseball team is resilience. In other words, the ability to withstand injuries, weather the storm that is an elongated losing streak, and understand what your job is night in and night out regardless of the circumstances. The 2013 Boston Red...
by jreilly | May 25, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Cleveland Indians, John Henry, Larry Lucchino, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein, Tom Werner
On Thursday evening before the Red Sox and the Indians took the field for their 7:10 start, Larry Lucchino walked over to Indians manager Terry Francona who was positioned behind the green, turtle shaped batting cage. The two shook hands and cordially spoke for a few...
by jreilly | May 18, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, David Price, Dustin Pedroia, Fernando Rodney, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joel Hanrahan, Jonny Gomes, Koji Uehara, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks
A winning streak! After losing 9 of their last 11 – with 5 of those loses coming at home – the Sox began what could have become a brutal road trip. A trip from Boston all the way south into Florida followed up immediately with a trip back north across the...
by jreilly | May 11, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joel Hanrahan, John Farrell, Junichi Tazawa, Stephen Drew, Terry Francona, Will Middlebrooks
Note: Written before Friday nights game. Well, since the last installation of 3 Up 3 Down the Boston Red Sox have been less than spectacular. In fact, they have been pretty awful; losing 5 of their last 6 dating back to Saturday’s loss to the Rangers. In short,...
by jreilly | May 4, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dennis Eckersley, Dick Hayhurst, Jack Morris, John Gibbons, Jon Lester, Ryan Dempster, Shane Victorino
3 Up 3 Down The race to achieve 20 wins is over and your winner is the Boston Red Sox. The Sox who currently sit at 20-8 easily own baseballs best record (Yankees are 17-10 which is good for 2nd in baseball), and have for some time now. Funny how much difference a...
