by bcowett | Sep 27, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brian Roberts, Chris Davis, Chris Tillman, Clay Buchholz, Danny Valencia, J.J. Hardy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Manny Machado, Matt Wieters, Nate McLouth, Nick Markakis, Ryan Flaherty, Wei-Yin Chen
After doing this fora few months, you start to realize how much you’re gonna miss it. How fun it was to see an awful team’s lineup and make decent analogies all for the sake of making this not mind-meltingly boring. Then you realize that the Red Sox play...
by bcowett | Sep 27, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Franklin Morales, John McDonald, Jon Lester, Todd Helton, Xander Bogaerts
It’s the last weekend of full-on 30-team baseball. Kinda bittersweet, as now we’ve wanted the postseason to start, but now that it’s ending…sadness. Just because the Red Sox have sewn up the AL East doesn’t mean they should let up off the...
by jcookson | Sep 27, 2013 | David Ortiz
This is a situation I’m sure you have experienced. You’re watching a Red Sox game, and David Ortiz comes to the plate leading off an inning. The Sox are trailing by two runs. That sneaky Joe Maddon has the Tampa Bay Ray infielders all lined up on the right side of...
by jkeller | Sep 26, 2013 | 2007 World Series, American League East, Bill Buckner, Boston Red Sox, Carlton Fisk, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Dave Stewart, David Ortiz, Dennis Eckersley, Detroit Tigers, Doug Mientkiewicz, Fausto Carmona, Fred Lynn, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, John Valentin, Josh Beckett, Keith Foulke, Koji Uehara, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Oakland A's, Oakland Athletics, Roger Clemens, Terry Francona, Wade Boggs
Last Friday night, the Red Sox earned their 94th win in 155 games played, with the last out fittingly coming on a Koji Uehara strikeout. The win sealed the first division title for the Red Sox since 2007, and their seventh AL East title since the division was formed...
by bcowett | Sep 25, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Oakland Athletics
It’s nearing crunch time for the Sox. Who will stay, and who will go? The postseason roster isn’t all cut and dried, you know. You gotta make hard choices. The Red Sox lost last night, so fears that the Oakland Athletics would tie for home field advantage...
by jpolman | Sep 25, 2013 | American League East
Go ahead, MLB Video and ESPN Classic. Remind us as often as you want. Show that choked-up little Dent swing, that feeble flick of a bat against Mike Torrez, that wind-aided pop fly with two aboard that landed in the nets and made Yaz drop his head and kneel in pain....
by bcowett | Sep 24, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Dexter Fowler, DJ LeMahieu, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Josh Rutledge, Michael Cuddyer, Nolan Arenado, Roy Oswalt, Troy Tuowitzki, Wilin Rosario
The second part of this entire interleague season series, with the first part happen WAAAAAY back in June. At least I think it was June. Seems like years ago. And if that seems like years ago…this offseason’s gonna be rough. COLORADO ROCKIES – 71-86,...
by bcowett | Sep 24, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Red Sox Trivia! Swing away, kid! Question: In September, there is only one Red Sox player with more than 30 PA that has more RBIs than strikeouts. Who is he? No search engines or keyword searches. Previous Question Answer: Southpaw Jon Lester has accrued the most...
by tbrooks | Sep 24, 2013 | 2004 World Series, 2007 World Series, Fenway Park, Jason Varitek, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Listen, I like Brock Holt. You like Brock Holt. We all like Brock Holt because we get that (a) he is a Quadruple-A player who can cover an injury for a couple weeks at the big league level, (b) we do not expect that he is going to be a starter, so anything...
by bcowett | Sep 23, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Fenway Park, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonny Gomes, Mariano Rivera
Well, everyone, there’s just a week of 30-team baseball left. I can hear your heart drop from here. It’s very sad, I know. The end is nigh, at least for 20 other teams. After winning the AL East pennant, it seems like the one word that was used the most is...
