by domara | Aug 22, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Henry Owens, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli, Rubby de la Rosa, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
If losing the game wasn’t bad enough, the Red Sox narrowly escaped being no-hit as well. In the fourth and final game of the series between the Red Sox and Angels, Los Angeles starter Matt Shoemaker took a no-hitter into the 7th inning, until a 2-out double by...
by prmallon | Aug 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox
As this season slogs on, I’m having trouble determining whether or not each loss is becoming increasingly painful or increasingly innocuous. I’m inclined to say increasingly painful, primarily because of how tantalizingly close the Sox come to winning some of these...
by domara | Aug 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, David Ortiz, Garrett Richards, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Angels, Yoenis Cespedes
Just when it seemed like Clay Buchholz was finding himself on the mound, the Red Sox right-hander took a giant step backwards on Wednesday night. The 29-year old endured his first bad start since the start of the month, as he allowed 6 earned run in as many innings...
by bcowett | Aug 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Houston Astros
Make no mistake: Clay Buchholz has been gruelingly awful. Buchholz has been hopping back and forth over the 6.00 ERA fence for the last few weeks. He’s fallen so precipitously from his heavenly 2013 grace – in which he had a 1.74 ERA/2.74 FIP/3.41 xFIP...
by domara | Aug 20, 2014 | Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Los Angeles Angels, Mookie Betts, Yoenis Cespedes
At this point of the 2014 season, wins and losses don’t really even matter anymore for the Red Sox. Instead, each game Boston fans try and extract little nuggets of good to keep themselves optimistic about the team going forward. Tuesday night was no different...
by askillin | Aug 20, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
A number of Red Sox hitters have struggled to perform in line with their preseason expectations in 2014, a reality that has become painfully obvious to observers at this point. As Jackie Bradley Jr. has endured a near-historic season of futility offensively, Boston’s...
by domara | Aug 19, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Christian Vazquez, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Junichi Tazawa, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
After splitting a 4 game series with the Astros over the weekend, the Red Sox continued their home stand by welcoming in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Brandon Workman toed the rubber for Boston, after being skipped his previous time through the rotation. The 11...
by domara | Aug 18, 2014 | Alex Wilson, Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Houston Astros, Joe Kelly, Jose Altuve, koji uehara, Marwin Gonzalez, Rubby de la Rosa, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox continued their series with the Houston Astros over the weekend, and wound up splitting the 4 game set at 2 games a side. After picking up a 9-4 victory on Thursday, Boston dropped a 10 inning bout with Houston the following night. Clay Buchholz was solid...
by prmallon | Aug 16, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, George Springer, Houston Astros, Matt Dominguez
(Note: This post is kind of a fusion of Firebrand’s dormant, but fantastic Advanced Scout series and personal narrative) Red Sox Nation is strewn vast and wide. We can be found in nearly every neighborhood of every city in every state. Each of us has his or...
by jcookson | Aug 15, 2014 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Henry Owens, Manuel Margot, Mookie Betts, Rafael Devers, Wendell Rijo
The Red Sox boast a minor league system stacked with talent close to major league ready. Players like Mookie Betts, Henry Owens and Blake Swihart are already familiar to most Sox fans. This season, however, has also seen the emergence of three talented teenagers....
