Coast to Coast Tickets 6/9: The Red Sox go for a double Bronx sweep against the Yankees

Boston Red Sox (35-26) @ New York Yankees (33-26) Josh Beckett (4-2, 2.01) @ CC Sabathia (7-3, 2.80) 7:05 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (Bronx, N.Y.) TV: NESN, YES, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 INJURY REPORT Boston: Bobby Jenks, left back tightness (Placed on the...

6/3: How many times can Don and Jerry say “Tommy John surgery” in one game?

Oakland Athletics (27-30) @ Boston Red Sox (30-26) Josh Outman (1-0, 2.08) @ Clay Buchholz (4-3, 3.41) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 INJURY REPORT Oakland: Tyson Ross, left oblique strain (Placed on 15 day DL May...

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...

TRIVIA: 15 runs or more

The last trivia question asked who the first two players were to have their numbers retired by the Red Sox and in what year. The answer is 1984, with Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr garnering the honors. Leaderboard is updated. The new trivia question: On the heels of...

TRIVIA: Honoring our servicemen

Well, you guys were fast. The last question I asked was: During the 1994 strike, then-Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette signed three baseball players who would have joined the Red Sox had the Collective Bargaining Agreement to follow had not wiped out those...