by bcowett | Nov 6, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Stephen Drew, Torey Lovullo
Ooh, qualifying offers and value identifiers and all kinds of not-playing-baseball types of stuff! Aren’t you just so excited for this? Because I’m like meh. One thing the 2013 Red Sox had that the 2012 team didn’t: depth. Lots of it. When your main...
by bcowett | Nov 4, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, World Series
There are times when one must be composed, polite and relatively quiet. The duck boat parade on Saturday was not one of them. Because World Champs, that’s why. How did this team win it all? Every single player on the 25-man roster contributed in some way, shape...
by jcookson | Nov 1, 2013 | 2004 World Series, 2007 World Series, 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series, Brandon Workman, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, John Farrell, Xander Bogaerts
Some random thoughts on the Red Sox as I recover from a champagne haze and try to figure out what to do with my playoff beard.* *Seriously, should I shave it right away? Leave it to frighten small children and provide a home for small forest creatures? When I asked my...
by bcowett | Nov 1, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, David Ross
Three titles in ten years. For fans much older than me, that kind of optimism would’ve been scoffed at before 2000. This just doesn’t happen. So enjoy it all. We’ve taken to calling the amazing 1967 season The Impossible Dream. But after the Red Sox...
by jkeller | Oct 31, 2013 | 2003 ALCS, 2004 ALCS, 2004 World Series, 2007 ALCS, 2013 ALCS, 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 MLB Playoffs, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Dave Roberts, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Farrell, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jon Papelbon, Koji Uehara, New York Yankees
I can remember it like it was yesterday.
It was August of 2004. Fresh off the controversial Nomar trade (or the Dave Roberts trade, if you prefer) the Red Sox we’re grinding through another summer as a fan base full of helpless saps who hoped that somehow, someway,...
by bcowett | Oct 30, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 MLB Playoffs, 2013 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, John Lackey, Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, St. Louis Cardinals
One more. Uno mas. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. End it here, Boston. Win tonight, and the Red Sox are on top of the world. He witnessed first hand what happened in the 2011 World Series, and Mike Napoli doesn’t wish for a repeat...
by bcarsley | Oct 28, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, John Farrell, Kolten Wong, Quintin Berry, Shelby Miller, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Yadier Molina
The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals are tied at two games apiece in the 2013 World Series. The first two games of the series were, by our current standards, unremarkable. The Red Sox put a beat down on St. Louis in Game One, then shot themselves in the foot in...
by bcowett | Oct 28, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 MLB Playoffs, 2013 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, Jonny Gomes, Kolten Wong, St. Louis Cardinals
Will the guy who bet on Game 3 to end on an obstruction call please come up and claim his millions? Feel lucky, sir. Because that’s something you will never see again. These games just get more and more ridiculous the longer this series goes on. Unlikely heroes,...
by jcookson | Oct 25, 2013 | 2013 ALCS, 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series, Carlos Beltran, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, John Lackey, Michael Wacha, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The good, bad and the ugly from a tough, tough loss last night. My dreams of a perfect 12-0 Red Sox winning streak in the World Series have been shattered. The Highlights: – David Ortiz is in complete postseason beast mode right now. That’s two games and two...
by bcowett | Oct 25, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jonny Gomes
I’m still at a loss for words after last night. That was some awful defense and even worse decision-making all around. Just punted away a win there. We loved the Cardinals making error after error on Wednesday night. But Thursday night, it was the Red...
