Obscure Red Sox Hall of Fame: Mike Lansing
Throughout the long and illustrious history of our franchise, a lot of players have donned the Red Sox jersey, made the fabled trek from Fenway’s …
Throughout the long and illustrious history of our franchise, a lot of players have donned the Red Sox jersey, made the fabled trek from Fenway’s …
Red Sox highlights have been in pretty short supply in 2020 There’s just not a lot of good you can squeeze from the second-worst record …
It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when our hatred of the Rays (or the Devil Rays or the Florida CPAs …
At one of the first Red Sox Winter Weekends a few years back, I stumbled into a panel discussion with “up and coming” prospects. Mookie …
Today, right now, at this very moment as you read this, Xander Bogaerts is the best shortstop in the American League. I won’t debate this …
When the Baseball Gods decide to kick you in the nuts, they usually do a pretty good job of it. Case in point: the Red …
Two things should be fairly obvious to even casual readers of this blog. First, I’m a bit of a drunk. Second, I love me some …
The life of a professional knuckleballer is tough. You’re considered an oddity in the Brotherhood of Pitchers, which is an actual thing requiring annual membership …
After One Beer: Well, let’s look at this pragmatically. [Removes pipe from mouth, adjusts tie] Closers, as any student of “The Game” will tell you, …
Today, we welcome Nathan Eovaldi to Red Sox Nation. And while he may look like the love child of JD Martinez and Pete Davidson, there’s …
Today, the great Shane Victorino announced his retirement from baseball. Although he’ll forever be remembered as part of the unsinkable, unshave-able Red Sox 2013 championship …
Baseball is a business. Yeah, it’s also the national pastime and what separates us from filthy Communists, but it’s a business. Players are property, contracts …
Tonight, Xander Bogaerts, one of the major’s best hitters and a legit Red Sox superstar made a rehab start in Pawtucket. Because I am true …
This one had the makings of an off night for the Red Sox. David Price leaves after giving up four runs in the first. Sox …
Last night, as the game ended and the Sox rolled to their fourth straight win, NESN cameras caught Hanley Ramirez tearing off his shirt. No …
“The Sound of Silence” could pretty much sum up the Boston Red Sox’ offseason. They locked in a few guys like Steven Wright and Mitch …
I don’t care about your stats or facts or “wait till late September” or detailed powerpoints and sabermetric bullshit backing things up. All I know …
Back in the day, whenever Pedro Martinez got lit up, I figured the opposing team was up to some bullshit. Like they stumbled upon his …
A lot has been said over the last few days about a confrontation between David Price and Dennis Eckersley, after Price took exception to some …
In my lifetime, the Red Sox have made some very good signings. Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Pedro Martinez, Chris Sale… all of them paying significant …
You’d be forgiven for mistaking The Red Sox’ AAA team in Pawtucket for the Billionaire’s Club. Over the past 10 to 12 months, the PawSox …
The Red Sox have been struggling scoring runs recently, but the team has been fortunate the New York Yankees have been slumping so they aren’t …
The Red Sox today announced that Pablo Sandoval would be heading to the DL with an inner ear infection. What’s interesting is that this move …
You could be forgiven for forgetting who Carson Smith is. After all, the reliever has been recovering from Tommy John Surgery for several months now. …
I picked up the latest SI, which features the Red Sox’ 2017 starting outfield on the cover. And as I donned the protective suit to …
A buddy of mine who’s down at Red Sox spring training sent me a text a couple days ago that read, “just saw Manny Delcarmen …
The last time David Price pitched a game for the Boston Red Sox was game two of the Cleveland/Boston mash-up in the 2016 ALDS. I …
It’s been a long, strange trip for Clay Buchholz. He was the Next Big Thing when he no-hit the Orioles in just his second major …
Just last year around this time, I was wondering aloud if we’d be better off tying Rick Porcello to the back of a rocket ship …
In a season full of promise and anchored by the David Price signing, in which we expected so much of the Red Sox just to …
Just one year ago, Rick Porcello seemed such a mind-bogglingly bad investment, I wondered aloud if, in fact, his career in Boston was part of …
Many moons ago, a fellow Red Sox blogger took me to task for being unimpressed with Red Sox rookie Abe Alvarez. Honest Abe, as you …
Somewhere in the midst of this late-season push, behind the Mookie MVP talk and Ortiz Farewell Tour and Steven Wright magic and Rick Porcello Resurrection …
With the Red Sox bullpen a model of inconsistency, mowing down opposing batters one night then giving up the farm like it was their job …
In the whirlwind of outrageous contracts and steroids and A-Rod and superstars cutting up throwback jerseys, it’s sometimes easy to forget those moments of pure, …