by bcowett | Sep 30, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Koji Uehara
It’s over. It’s really over. Baseball’s regular season is all but done now, and I can’t do anything but sit here sadly and try not to cry (and end up crying a lot). O Captain, My Captain! If it wasn’t for Ben Cherington staying true, this...
by bcowett | Sep 27, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brian Roberts, Chris Davis, Chris Tillman, Clay Buchholz, Danny Valencia, J.J. Hardy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Manny Machado, Matt Wieters, Nate McLouth, Nick Markakis, Ryan Flaherty, Wei-Yin Chen
After doing this fora few months, you start to realize how much you’re gonna miss it. How fun it was to see an awful team’s lineup and make decent analogies all for the sake of making this not mind-meltingly boring. Then you realize that the Red Sox play...
by bcowett | Sep 27, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Franklin Morales, John McDonald, Jon Lester, Todd Helton, Xander Bogaerts
It’s the last weekend of full-on 30-team baseball. Kinda bittersweet, as now we’ve wanted the postseason to start, but now that it’s ending…sadness. Just because the Red Sox have sewn up the AL East doesn’t mean they should let up off the...
by bcowett | Sep 25, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Oakland Athletics
It’s nearing crunch time for the Sox. Who will stay, and who will go? The postseason roster isn’t all cut and dried, you know. You gotta make hard choices. The Red Sox lost last night, so fears that the Oakland Athletics would tie for home field advantage...
by bcowett | Sep 24, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Dexter Fowler, DJ LeMahieu, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Josh Rutledge, Michael Cuddyer, Nolan Arenado, Roy Oswalt, Troy Tuowitzki, Wilin Rosario
The second part of this entire interleague season series, with the first part happen WAAAAAY back in June. At least I think it was June. Seems like years ago. And if that seems like years ago…this offseason’s gonna be rough. COLORADO ROCKIES – 71-86,...
by bcowett | Sep 23, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Fenway Park, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonny Gomes, Mariano Rivera
Well, everyone, there’s just a week of 30-team baseball left. I can hear your heart drop from here. It’s very sad, I know. The end is nigh, at least for 20 other teams. After winning the AL East pennant, it seems like the one word that was used the most is...
by bcowett | Sep 20, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Lind, Anthony Gose, Brett Lawrie, Clay Buchholz, Colby Rasmus, Esmil Rogers, Felix Doubront, J.P. Arencibia, Jon Lester, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Moises Sierra, R.A. Dickey, Rajai Davis, Shane Victorino, Toronto Blue Jays
And once more with the Blue Jays. We’ve already seen 2012, Toronto – we don’t need you coming back here to remind us of how bad a “superteam” can get. And for just the seventh time in team history, the Red Sox have a chance to clinch the...
by bcowett | Sep 20, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, John Lackey, Playoffs
They’ve done it. For the first time since 2009, the Boston Red Sox are going back to the postseason, and boy, what a ride it’s been to get there. If it were anyone else, it just wouldn’t have the same effect. John Lackey was the one who punched the...
by bcowett | Sep 18, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Houston Astros, John McDonald, Koji Uehara
At this point, I can’t even be mad at a loss. The magic number is 3 to clinch the AL East! How could I be mad when other teams can do our work for us? Alas, Koji Uehara is indeed human. All those fantastic streaks he was on ended last night, but he’s more...
by bcowett | Sep 16, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Drake Britton, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli
There’s a certain sadness knowing that the season’s nearly over. But there’s a feeling of joy when your team’s been the best, and is about to get the hardware to prove it. The Red Sox didn’t disappoint in their final series against the...
