Posts in category Winning Is Awesome

The twenty-first day of April is upon us. The Boston Red Sox have played 16 games so far this month, and lost only one of …

The Boston Red Sox are officially a juggernaut. They are the 800 pound gorilla of the division. They are more powerful than a speeding locomotive, …

Alright, the Red Sox didn’t really eliminate the Yankees. Or… did they? No, technically there’s still a lot of baseball left to play. But after …

Look, I don’t care if it’s against the Rays or the Marlins or the Bad News Bears or the Backstreet Boys or the cast of …

There were a lot of awesome moments in the Red Sox’ two-game series sweep in Miami, including JBJ’s first insane catch of the year and …

It sure looked like it tonight, as NESN cameras did their usual post-win view on the outfield and a nation turned its lonely eyes to …

Part of our rights as Red Sox fans is the ability to think all hell’s breaking loose one minute, and jump on the World Series …

In a world that seems dangerously close to running off the rails with every passing day, it’s refreshing to know that we can still find …

I grew up with Roger Clemens, fell in love with Pedro Martinez, and now Chris Sale is carrying me into my “functioning alcoholic” years. Tonight, …

A Chris Sale start against one of the dregs of the American League East is supposed to be a slam-dunk. One of those “why are …

As if dropping 3 of 4 in the Bronx and letting the Yankees crawl back into the AL East race wasn’t bad enough, the Red …

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 …

When we first heard the Red Sox signed Doug Fister, we figured he’d be relegated to two primary roles: mop-up duty and being the brunt …

We’ve spent the better half of the year hearing about the blood and thunder that Aaron Judge was gonna rain down on us. How the …

I could sit here and check off all the baseball cliches about teams picking up their superhuman starters when they’re down and what that says …

Just when we were ready to write off the entire city of San Francisco in the wake of the Pablo Sandoval disaster, along comes Eduardo …

Yesterday, Rafael Devers cranked his first major league hit, which just happened to be a home run. This put him in some pretty rarefied air …

I know that at times I can be given to hyperbole when it comes to the Red Sox (most notable when I predicted that Ramon …

There was a time when the Yankees bringing in their closer to secure a win over the Red Sox was a done deal. Like, we …

We talk a lot about that seemingly flawless Red Sox outfield and the young blood on this team. We talk about Benintendi’s HAIR OF THE …

It’s Saturday and we’re all a bit hungover so I’ll keep this as simple as possible: last night, the Red Sox showed up in Houston …

It may seem sacrilegeous to place any Red Sox outfield that doesn’t include Ted, Yaz, Rice, Lynn or Butch Huskey above all others, but what’s …

Full disclosure: when I saw the Red Sox locking horns with the lowly Phillies for four days, I automatically put them all down as wins. …

We’ve long spoken of Jackie Bradley Jr as one of the nicest guys in baseball. Last night, he was one of the most clutch. On …

The Red Sox have spent roughly 80 billion dollars on pitching this year, yet one of the most thrilling and gutsy performances of the season …

Alright, it wasn’t 1000 runs, but it’s time to give this Red Sox team props. After spending most of the spring looking (and playing) like …

We do not train to be merciful here in the Red Sox dojo. I see no opposition from these weak-minded National League teams. We study …

When Charles Dickens wrote, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” he may well have been talking about last night’s …

For the past several years, September has been the month of Red Sox fans’ discontent. In 2011, the last month of summer sealed Terry Francona’s …

Dear Every Other Team in Baseball: The Red Sox just won their ninth game in row, their magic number is 4, and Mookie Betts celebrated …

This was supposed to be the September that broke them. The one that saw them play 21 games against division rivals and likely bend to …

See that guy? Kinda scrawny, confused look on his mug? He’s your man, Red Sox Nation. Rick Porcello is the man. The first thing people think …

This weekend marked the Red Sox’ last home series against the Yankees in David Ortiz’ illustrious career. But as one Yankee Killer gets set to …

I’m just your basic, red-blooded, borderline alcoholic American male who happens to love watching the Red Sox beat up on the Yankees. So before this …

Remember watching the first three games of the 2004 ALCS and feeling nothing but Yankees-inflicted dread and despair behind every door? As much as I …