First Half Breakdown: Offense

The Red Sox go into the All-Star break at a respectable 53-33, right about at my expectation level before the season, maybe even a bit higher. Many things have changed since the Texas series in April- Youk is now the official leadoff hitter, Jon Lester is counted on...

A disturbing trend

As of Independence Day, the Boston Red Sox, as a club, had hit 102 homeruns on the season. That’s not a bad number: right now, it puts us 10th in all of baseball and 6th in the American League. All the same, it’s a number that worries me. Not so much for...

Divisional Balance

By Andrew Lipsett With the Sox’ blistering tear through the NL East – bookended by now 5 straight losses to AL clubs – there has understandably been a great deal of discussion of the idea of league balance; how much worse, for example, the National...

Divisional Balance

By Andrew Lipsett With the Sox’ blistering tear through the NL East – bookended by now 5 straight losses to AL clubs – there has understandably been a great deal of discussion of the idea of league balance; how much worse, for example, the National...

Red Sox Month to Month: June

June was a pretty good month for the Red Sox, as we saw quite a few things happen: -A 12-game winning streak -Alex Gonzalez grabbing the record for most consecutive errorless games by a Red Sox shortstop -An all-time record in most consecutive games without an error...

Ozzie Guillen Is An Idiot

While others view the MLB All-Star game as a meaningless exhibition with the capability of ending in a tie, I really enjoy sitting down on a warm July night to watch the best baseball has to offer on one field. The Homerun Derby is sheer entertainment, and even the...

Ozzie Guillen Is An Idiot

While others view the MLB All-Star game as a meaningless exhibition with the capability of ending in a tie, I really enjoy sitting down on a warm July night to watch the best baseball has to offer on one field. The Homerun Derby is sheer entertainment, and even the...