by askillin | Oct 29, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Red Sox offseason, 2014 Trade Deadline, Ben Cherington, Chase Headley, Garin Cecchini, Kyle Seager, Pablo Sandoval, Ryan Zimmerman, Uncategorized, Will Middlebrooks
With MLB’s Hot Stove season now just a couple weeks away, focus is beginning to shift toward who the Red Sox will target during a highly anticipated offseason. The club’s moves prior to the trade deadline left a gaping hole in Boston’s starting rotation, but Ben...
by domara | Oct 28, 2014 | 2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Moss, Jake Peavy, James Shields, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Yoenis Cespedes
With a 3-2 series lead in hand, the San Francisco Giants are now just one win away from winning their third World Series title in four years. After taking two games of three in San Francisco, the series will now shift back to Kansas City for Game 6 on Tuesday and, if...
by tbrooks | Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is the most beautiful WPA chart you will ever see: http://www.baseball- reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200410270.shtml#wpa Three doubles by Trot Nixon. The lead off home run by Johnny Damon. The ball that Foulke snagged and Doug Mientkiewicz stole. Soak in the...
by domara | Oct 27, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Curt Schilling, Dustin Pedroia, Hunter Pence, J.D. Drew, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jason Varitek, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Millar, Kevin Youkilis, Madison Bumgarner, Manny Ramirez, Oscar Taveras, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Shane Victorino, St. Louis Cardinals, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
It’s been a battle so far this fall, but the San Francisco Giants just keep plugging along. After entering the postseason as the National League Wild Card winners, the Giants are blew past the Washington Nationals, en route to a five game NLCS victory against...
by Harry Burnham | Oct 26, 2014 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, All-Star Game, All-Star Voting, American League East, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Koji Uehara, Rubby de la Rosa
It’s inevitable. At some point, Ben Cherington will lose Koji Uehara. Now, whether that’s due to lowballing him by a few million dollars this offseason, in a trade at next year’s deadline, or retirement remains to be seen. But the fact of the matter...
by prmallon | Oct 25, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Red Sox offseason, 2014 Trade Deadline, Jon Lester, Uncategorized
Part I: “The Devil You Know…” The Red Sox have been fortunate enough to have an ace or near-ace for the better part of the last two decades. From Roger Clemens, to Pedro Martinez, to Josh Beckett, to Jon Lester, the Red Sox have not wanted for much...
by domara | Oct 24, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brandon McCarthy, Francisco Liriano, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jeremy Guthrie, Joe Maddon, Justin Masterson, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Tim Hudson, Yoenis Cespedes
After splitting the first two games of the World Series at Kauffman Stadium, the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants will resume the fall classic tonight at AT&T Park. The scheduled pitching match-up for tonight is set to feature two veterans, who are...
by jcookson | Oct 24, 2014 | David Ortiz, Mike Napoli, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Uncategorized, Xander Bogaerts
It was a disappointing season for the Red Sox, but over a long 162 game season there are always highlights. Home runs in particular are always exciting, and fans still dig the longball. Here are the five longest home runs the Red Sox hit this season. Honorable...
by domara | Oct 23, 2014 | Alcides Escobar, Billy Butler, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Belt, Cole Hamels, Eric Hosmer, Jake Peavy, James Shields, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kansas City Royals, Koji Uehara, Lorenzo Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer, Omar Infante, Pablo Sandoval, Rubby de la Rosa, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, Yoenis Cespedes
After Madison Bumgarner lead the San Francisco Giants to a victory in game one of the World Series last night, the Kansas City Royals eyed to even the series on Wednesday night. Similar to Tuesday’s game, the Giants jumped out to a first inning lead against...
by domara | Oct 22, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Buster Posey, David Ortiz, Frank Thomas, Hunter Pence, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Junichi Tazawa, Kansas City Royals, Madison Bumgarner, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Yoenis Cespedes
It didn’t take long for game one of the World Series to quickly transform into the Madison Bumgarner show on Tuesday night. The Giants left-hander continued his torrid postseason stretch by tossing seven innings of one run baseball, allowing just three hits and...
