by askillin | Apr 16, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox began 2014 with one of their best and deepest bullpens (at least on paper) in recent memory. During the offseason, Ben Cherington added reliable veteran Burke Badenhop and 2013 Cardinals closer Edward Mujica to a crop of relievers that already had Koji...
by domara | Apr 16, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Chris Capuano, Darnell McDonald, Dustin Pedroia, Jake Peavy, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino
The Red Sox opened up a three game set with the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. Boston sent Jake Peavy to the hill in hopes that he’d stop the Red Sox losing streak at just 2 games. Peavy did his job, allowing just 3 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings, while...
by chipbuck | Apr 15, 2014 | Boston Red Sox
Oh, Scott DeSmit. You’ve found Doc Brown, stolen his DeLorean, revved it up to 88 MILES PER HOUR (!!!), and driven the time machine back to 2003–to where, you presumably wrote this article. The stats/traditionalist war never gets old because it’s...
by domara | Apr 15, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, John Farrell, koji uehara, Shane Victorino
After dropping 3 of 4 games to the Yankees over the weekend, the Red Sox were left to stew over their series loss with an day off on Monday. Boston will look to get on a roll tonight against the White Sox in the first of 13 straight games, including 7 home games and 6...
by dpoarch | Apr 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Grady Sizemore, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Xander Bogaerts
I began this week, as I always do, with propositioning you people on Twitter for TrollBag questions. Anybody have some questions for me? https://twitter.com/homecourtbias/status/455209681485832192 @PoarchDaniel @TrollBagQs you know who else wanted Troll Bag questions?...
by dpoarch | Apr 14, 2014 | Fire Brand Poll
Little drama in the 104th Fire Brand poll last week, in which I asked you, the readers, to pick what should be the Red Sox starting outfield with Shane Victorino still sidelined. Grady Sizemore was a nearly unanimous choice, pulling a whopping 96% of the vote. Jackie...
by domara | Apr 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Edward Mujica, Grady Sizemore, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Xander Bogearts
The weekend was not kind to the defending World Champs. After dropping the opening game of the series on Thursday, Boston took game 2 on Friday thanks to a well pitched game by Jon Lester and a three run bomb by Grady Sizemore. However Saturday and Sunday’s...
by broach | Apr 13, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Koji Uehara, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
The Boston Red Sox may have finished the week with a 3-4 record, but it could have been a lot worse had it not been for the heroics of David Ortiz on Wednesday evening and the ace Jon Lester stepping up once again. The Red Sox starters have struggled, but the real...
by jpolman | Apr 11, 2014 | Boston Red Sox
So I’m kicking back on my iMac the other day, exploring a treasure trove of old MLB playoff games recently uploaded to YouTube. Game One of the 1990 ALCS between Oakland and the Red Sox looks intriguing, with Dave Stewart facing off at Fenway against Roger Clemens. It...
by domara | Apr 11, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, John Farrell, John Lackey, Johnny Damon, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Mariano Rivera, Michael Pineda
When the Red Sox and Yankees meet, the stories usually write themselves. Whether it’s a big play, an extra innings marathon, or a close contest, there is always something to talk about the next day. Thursday’s game was no exception, as Michael Pineda and...
