Friday Links: New York’s 9th inning rally sinks Sox

With the series tied at two games a piece, the Red Sox and Yankees played the rubber match of the 3-game set on Thursday night. David Ortiz gave the Red Sox an early one-run advantage after he cranked his 31st home run of the season off New York’s starter Chris...

9/21: Fenway finale?

Baltimore Orioles (64-90) @ Boston Red Sox (88-67) Tommy Hunter (3-3, 5.31) @ Josh Beckett (13-5, 2.50) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The Red Sox take their 2-1/2 game lead in the Wild Card race into the finale...

7/11: Home Run Derby

AL @ NL 8:00PM EDT | Chase Field (Phoenix, AZ) TV: ESPN RADIO: ESPN Radio GAME NOTES It’s not the AL vs. the NL in this Home Run Derby.  It’s the AL East vs. the NL. For the first time, the NL and AL squads were chosen by captains, David Ortiz chose the AL...

Numbers

For whatever reason, I’ve been having a large number of conversations about Red Sox retired numbers lately. From students trying to get me on a tangent by asking who they all are to discussions about whether Pedro Martinez’ return on Opening Day was a play...

American League Central Preview.

Five teams…and I would be somewhat surprised if any of them won 90 games.  But odds are someone comes very close to doing so.  Cleveland Indians:  By default, I choose the Indians.  They have some serious question marks in their rotation.  And they don’t...