by domara | Aug 20, 2014 | Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Los Angeles Angels, Mookie Betts, Yoenis Cespedes
At this point of the 2014 season, wins and losses don’t really even matter anymore for the Red Sox. Instead, each game Boston fans try and extract little nuggets of good to keep themselves optimistic about the team going forward. Tuesday night was no different...
by askillin | Aug 20, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
A number of Red Sox hitters have struggled to perform in line with their preseason expectations in 2014, a reality that has become painfully obvious to observers at this point. As Jackie Bradley Jr. has endured a near-historic season of futility offensively, Boston’s...
by domara | Aug 19, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Christian Vazquez, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Junichi Tazawa, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
After splitting a 4 game series with the Astros over the weekend, the Red Sox continued their home stand by welcoming in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Brandon Workman toed the rubber for Boston, after being skipped his previous time through the rotation. The 11...
by tbrooks | Aug 19, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline
Anyone who follows baseball has known for months that the 2014 version of the Boston Red Sox is a clunker. As the Red Sox fan base licks it’s wounds, as Ben Cherington turns 2 months of John Lester into 1 year and 2 months of Yoenis Cespedes, as the Astros...
by domara | Aug 18, 2014 | Alex Wilson, Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Houston Astros, Joe Kelly, Jose Altuve, koji uehara, Marwin Gonzalez, Rubby de la Rosa, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox continued their series with the Houston Astros over the weekend, and wound up splitting the 4 game set at 2 games a side. After picking up a 9-4 victory on Thursday, Boston dropped a 10 inning bout with Houston the following night. Clay Buchholz was solid...
by jreilly | Aug 18, 2014 | AJ Pierzynski, Brock Holt, Christian Vazquez, Giancarlo Stanton, Jackie Bradley Jr., Joe Kelly, Jose Canseco, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
With another week of baseball in the books for the 2014 season the Red Sox remain the cellar dwellers of the AL East. Despite playing putrid baseball for the majority of the season, the Red Sox just turned in one of their most productive weeks of baseball; going 4-2...
by prmallon | Aug 16, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, George Springer, Houston Astros, Matt Dominguez
(Note: This post is kind of a fusion of Firebrand’s dormant, but fantastic Advanced Scout series and personal narrative) Red Sox Nation is strewn vast and wide. We can be found in nearly every neighborhood of every city in every state. Each of us has his or...
by jcookson | Aug 15, 2014 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Henry Owens, Manuel Margot, Mookie Betts, Rafael Devers, Wendell Rijo
The Red Sox boast a minor league system stacked with talent close to major league ready. Players like Mookie Betts, Henry Owens and Blake Swihart are already familiar to most Sox fans. This season, however, has also seen the emergence of three talented teenagers....
by domara | Aug 15, 2014 | Allan Webster, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley Jr., Pedro Martinez
The Red Sox extended their win streak to an even 4 games on Thursday with a 9-4 victory over the Houston Astros. Although Red Sox starter Allen Webster endured yet another shaky performance, the Red Sox bats stayed hot and overcame an early 4 run hole that Webster put...
by smcfarland | Aug 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley Jr.
At the young age of 24-years-old, Jackie Bradley Jr. may be the best defensive center-fielder in the entire league. It seems as if every night he makes another impressive diving catch, or a tricky over the shoulder catch in front of the wall. He currently leads the...
