by broach | Aug 25, 2014 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Felix Hernandez, Fenway Park, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox went 0-7 over the last week and are now 56-74, which is a season-high 18 games below .500. The team has to win 14 of its final 32 contests in order to be better than the 2012 season. The team has improved offensively with the addition of Yoenis...
by domara | Aug 25, 2014 | Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Brad Miller, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Felix Hernandez, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Joe Kelly, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Mike Napoli, Oakland Athletics, Rusney Castillo, Seattle Mariners, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox pushed their loosing streak to an even 8 games over the weekend, after they were swept by the Seattle Mariners. On Friday the match-up of Felix Hernandez and Joe Kelly seemed to greatly favor Seattle on paper, but the contest didn’t come quite as...
by jpolman | Aug 23, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Christian Vazquez, Dustin Pedroia, Fenway Park, Roger Clemens, Scott Feldman
Fifty-one years ago, I went to my first Red Sox game. Many presidents, fashions and shortstops later, it’s still nice to visit home again… We boarded the Green Line at the Arlington Station a couple Thursdays ago, 90 minutes before a 7:00 game with...
by jcookson | Aug 23, 2014 | Salem Red Sox
I took in some Carolina League baseball Friday night as the Salem Red Sox faced the Wilmington Blue Rocks in Salem, Virginia. The Salem Red Sox are clinging to a slim lead in the race for the final Carolina League playoff spot, so Friday’s game was an important...
by broach | Aug 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Rusney Castillo
The Boston Red Sox were able to agree on a contract with free agent Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo on Friday morning. The deal is worth $72.5 million over the course of seven seasons. The Detroit Tigers were also heavily involved in trying to acquire the recently...
by domara | Aug 22, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Henry Owens, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli, Rubby de la Rosa, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
If losing the game wasn’t bad enough, the Red Sox narrowly escaped being no-hit as well. In the fourth and final game of the series between the Red Sox and Angels, Los Angeles starter Matt Shoemaker took a no-hitter into the 7th inning, until a 2-out double by...
by prmallon | Aug 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox
As this season slogs on, I’m having trouble determining whether or not each loss is becoming increasingly painful or increasingly innocuous. I’m inclined to say increasingly painful, primarily because of how tantalizingly close the Sox come to winning some of these...
by smcfarland | Aug 21, 2014 | Anthony Ranaudo, red sox
With the Red Sox having a less than ideal season (last place in the AL East) a youth movement has slowly started to take over Boston. Guys like Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, Rubby De La Rosa, Allen Webster, and Christian Vazquez have all come onto the team and played...
by domara | Aug 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, David Ortiz, Garrett Richards, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Angels, Yoenis Cespedes
Just when it seemed like Clay Buchholz was finding himself on the mound, the Red Sox right-hander took a giant step backwards on Wednesday night. The 29-year old endured his first bad start since the start of the month, as he allowed 6 earned run in as many innings...
by bcowett | Aug 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Houston Astros
Make no mistake: Clay Buchholz has been gruelingly awful. Buchholz has been hopping back and forth over the 6.00 ERA fence for the last few weeks. He’s fallen so precipitously from his heavenly 2013 grace – in which he had a 1.74 ERA/2.74 FIP/3.41 xFIP...
