by bcowett | Nov 29, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Red Sox offseason, Boston Red Sox, Brian McCann, David Ortiz, David Ross, Michael Young, Will Middlebrooks
Sorry everyone, there’s no deals or coupons here. There’s only a collection of good ole’ Red Sox links. Trust me, I wish there were deals here for free stuff too. The way that the 2013 Red Sox’ roster was constructed is remembered vividly by...
by bcowett | Nov 22, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Carlos Ruiz, David Ortiz, Ian Kinsler, Mike Napoli, Prince Fielder, Shane Victorino
Is the Hot Stove sizzling yet? Maybe. Big trades tend to do that, but since then, there’s been a lot of middling signings and random rumors. You always hear that a player and a team have “had dialogue”. But it might who who the Red Sox aren’t...
by dpoarch | Nov 11, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Bryce Brentz, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Koji Uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
It’s post-World-Series-championship TrollBag time! You guys know the drill… https://twitter.com/AdamKoscielak/status/397390097781641217 Well, maybe. — https://twitter.com/JK7_/status/398973631583096832 I sure do! I remember it like it was two weeks ago! Man,...
by bcowett | Nov 8, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Brian McCann, Carlos Ruiz, David Ortiz, Giancarlo Stanton, Jacoby Ellsbury
It’s been a long while since baseball happened. It needs to start up again soon. Like this boredom is pretty damn unacceptable. WHERE YOU AT, MLB? Exactly how much can the Red Sox safely spend? As we all know, there isn’t a salary cap in the MLB, but that...
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 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 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...
