by domara | Jul 22, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Christian Vazquez, Craig Breslow, Cy Young, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, Stephen Drew
With AL East ramifications on the line, the Red Sox began a 4 game series North of the boarder in the best way possible. Boston’s offense exploded against Toronto Blue Jays pitching, tallying 14 total runs on 18 hits. The Red Sox began their offensive onslaught...
by broach | Jul 21, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, David Price, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Shane Victorino, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks
The Boston Red Sox have won seven of eight contests after struggling to win a series in early July and are just six games under .500 at 46-52. They are six games out of the second wild card spot and 7.5 games out of the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles. The team has...
by domara | Jul 18, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Cole Hamels, Danny Duffy, Henry Owens, James Shields, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Shane Victorino, Xander Bogearts
After a nice four day All-Star break, the Red Sox will resume their season tonight as the Kansas City Royals visit Fenway Park for the first time this season. Fresh off a complete game shutout of the Houston Astros, Clay Buchholz will toe the rubber for Boston...
by domara | Jul 17, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Portland Sea Dogs, Stephen Drew, Xander Bogearts
The 2 days following the MLB All-Star game are often referred to as “the most boring days in sports”. With the MLB on consecutive off days and every other sport out of season, television — at least for me — becomes unwatchable. But just because...
by bcowett | Jul 17, 2014 | Adrian Gonzalez, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Cole Hamels, Drew Hutchison, Felix Hernandez, Homer Bailey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Matt Barnes, Rubby de la Rosa, Zack Greinke
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or just stepped out of a time machine, you know about the depressing state of the Red Sox’ negotiations with Jon Lester. It’s a weird state of affairs – Lester said he’d take a hometown discount, the...
by domara | Jul 16, 2014 | All-Star Game, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, Jackie Bradley, John Farrell, Jon Lester, Jose Dariel Abreu, koji uehara
In sports, All-Star games are often scrutinized for not being entertaining enough to watch, but that wasn’t the case during Tuesday night’s 81st annual MLB All-Star game. Felix Hernandez toed the rubber first for the American League squad, and was opposed...
by askillin | Jul 16, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mookie Betts, Rubby de la Rosa, Stephen Drew, Xander Bogaerts
The first half of the Red Sox season proved to be a bumpier ride than just about anyone could have predicted, leaving Boston in an uncertain situation as the trade deadline approaches at the end of July. With Tuesday’s All-Star Game now in the past and the second half...
by domara | Jul 15, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Johnny Gomes, Jon Lester, Jose Bautista, koji uehara, Troy Tuowitzki, Yoenis Cespedes
Major League Baseball held the 29th annual Home Run Derby on Monday night. For the first time since the advent of the contest in 1985, the parameters of the event were altered to feature a new rules as well as a new format. Firstly, the derby was conducted in bracket...
by domara | Jul 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Christian Vasquez, Clay Buchholz, Henry Owens, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Sean Coyle
The Red Sox wrapped up the first half of the season on a high note over the weekend. Boston took 2 games out of 3 in their first meeting of the season with the Houston Astros, and picked up a game in the division standings. On Friday night, John Lackey battled through...
by domara | Jul 11, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Mike Carp, Shane Victorino
Have the Red Sox found the momentum to resurrect a dead season? Probably not, but the team did win their second consecutive walk-off contest on Thursday. Jon Lester toed the rubber for the Red Sox and was superb, allowing just one run while striking out 11 over 7...
