Wednesday Links: Rookies help Sox down Yanks

It didn’t take long for the Red Sox to build a substantial lead against the Yankees on Wednesday evening. In the first of a three game series, Boston tallied two first inning runs off Yankees starter Shane Greene. After Mookie Betts singled and David Ortiz...

Friday Links: Stymied in St. Louis

In the rubber match of a three game series, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, by a final score of 5-2. Red Sox starter Brandon Workman put his team behind early in the game, as he allowed 3 first inning runs to cross the plate....

Monday Links: Damn Yankees

With the Red Sox positioned to play spoilers in the American League East at this point of the 2014 season, the team welcomed in the New York Yankees for a three game set over the weekend. On Friday, 24 year old starter Anthony Ranaudo made his major league debut, and...

Boston Red Sox Trade Deadline Summary: Jon Lester, Yoenis Cespedes Deal Easy Win-Win

The Boston Red Sox have been struggling mot of the 2014 season with a 48-60 record through two-thirds of the season. A 13-game deficit will be an even tougher hill to climb without four of the five starters on the Opening Day roster to start this season. The Red Sox...

The Ballad of Jonny Gomes Or: Now That We’re Done with Him How Can We Extract Value from Him?

In his short time with the Boston Red Sox, Jonny Gomes has endeared himself to Red Sox Nation quicker than any other player in recent memory. It’s difficult not to take notice of Gomes and his quasi folk hero personality. Between the punting of the beer cans after...

Rivalry Redirect

From our inception as Boston Red Sox fans, we have been taught to despise the New York Yankees, to hate anything and anyone associated with them, to worship arguably the greatest rivalry in sports. After so much anguish at their hands – 1978, the 1999 ALCS, the...

3 Up 3 Down is Only 6 Games Back

After an extended hiatus, 3 Up 3 Down returns to give you a look at who performed well and who did not over the past week of Red Sox baseball. After what has been a tumultuous season (that could be the understatement of the season), the Boston Red Sox, after taking 2...

State of the Red Sox: Mookie Betts Up, Red Sox Show Flash of 2013 Offense

The Boston Red Sox finished up a 10-game road trip with two straight wins against the New York Yankees Saturday and Sunday. After going 2-6 through the first eight games, the Red Sox won a road series for the first time in the month to end the month of June. The Red...