by domara | Oct 3, 2014 | Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Chris Iannetta, David Freese, David Ortiz, Greg Holland, Jason Vargas, Jered Weaver, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Moustakas, Omar Infante, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
Fresh off their exciting extra inning victory over the Athletics in the American League Wild Card game, the Royals kicked off the American League Divisional Series against the Anaheim Angels. College teammates and future offseason vacation buddies, Jered Weaver and...
by domara | Oct 2, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, David Ross, Jon Lester, Madison Bumgarner, Miguel Cabrera, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Torey Lovullo
The San Fransisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates played the National League Wild Card game on Wednesday night. However, unlike the exciting extra innings American League Wild Card contest on Tuesday, the National League game was mostly one sided throughout. Starters...
by domara | Oct 1, 2014 | Alberto Callaspo, Billy Butler, Brandon Moss, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Derek Norris, Eric Hosmer, James Shields, Jarrod Dyson, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Josh Reddick, Kansas City Royals, Lorenzo Cain, Manny Ramirez, Oakland Athletics, Sam Fuld, Sean Doolittle
The 2014 MLB postseason kicked off with a bang on Tuesday night, as the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals battled for 12 innings in the win or go home American League Wild Card game. On paper, the winner take all contest appeared to favor pitching, as both...
by tbrooks | Sep 30, 2014 | 2014 Red Sox offseason, Uncategorized
For those who have been sports fans in America for a long time, you know that the one carrot that comes with a disappointing season [or being a Cleveland Browns fan] is a great draft pick the next year. Of course, a baseball draft pick is less gratifying because of...
by domara | Sep 30, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley Jr., James Shields, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Oakland Athletics, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The 2014 MLB playoffs officially get underway tonight, as the Oakland Athletics take on the Kansas City Royals in a win or go home Wild Card game. The opening contest will feature a pair of impending top flight free agents in Jon Lester and James Shields, both of whom...
by domara | Sep 29, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Christian Vasquez, Clay Buchholz, Dan Butler, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Joe Kelly, Jon Lester, Michael Pineda, Mookie Betts, New York Yankees
The Red Sox and the rest of major league baseball bid a fond farewell to Yankee’s Captain Derek Jeter over the weekend, as the 40-year old played the final series of his 20 year career. After Boston and New York split the first two games of the weekend series,...
by Harry Burnham | Sep 28, 2014 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Sean Coyle, Uncategorized
The season is (mercifully) nearly over. There are some of us who, instead of being tormented by Boston’s poor play, took solace in the relatively decent play of the Red Sox’ minor league affiliates. The minor league season has been over for a while now,...
by prmallon | Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Red Sox scored 11 runs in back to back games this week, which considering how things have gone this season is pretty impressive. It’s even more impressive when one considers that they achieved the feat with 7 rookies in the lineup on both nights. The Red Sox...
by jcookson | Sep 26, 2014 | Andrew McCutchen, Andrew Miller, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Gerrit Cole, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mike Trout, Uncategorized, Victor Martinez, Yasiel Puig
It has been clear for some time now that the Red Sox wouldn’t make the postseason. They were officially eliminated this month, and now the playoffs are almost here. So what teams should Red Sox fans support this postseason? The obvious villains (Yankees and Rays) will...
by domara | Sep 26, 2014 | Allan Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Bryce Brentz, Christian Vazquez, Derek Jeter, Jeremy Hellickson, Mariano Rivera, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Rusney Castillo, Shane Victorino
While most of the baseball world tuned in to Derek Jeter’s historic final game at Yankees Stadium, the Red Sox were busy routing the Tampa Bay Rays for the second straight night. Similar to Anthony Ranaudo on Wednesday, Allen Webster ended his season on a high...