How Eduardo Rodriguez Saved the 2015 Red Sox Season
Okay, maybe the headline’s a little over the top. But in a season that has already stepped on my nuts and brought disappointments both expected …
Is it time?
The Red Sox are now five games under .500 and their super-powered offense has scored two runs or less in nine of the last …
Thank You, Joe Kelly, For Letting Me Go Outside Today
This is a holiday weekend, and there are things you’re “supposed” to do on long weekends in the warmer months. Like go outside, hang with …
Mike Napoli Really, Really Loves Beating Up On His Former Teams
Let’s face it: most of the first two months of this season have been largely forgettable for Mike Napoli and at least forty percent of …
Red Sox Painfully Wedgied by Angels
Such is the life of a Red Sox fan in 2015: on Thursday night, we were howling for Rusney Castillo to swoop in with his …
Memorial Day Weekend
Denton here. Piers Platt has been a long time follower of this site, but much more important, he is a veteran. Piers reached out to …
No Pressure, Rusney Castillo
Right now, we can all agree, the Red Sox offense is garbage. They don’t hit with men in scoring position, they’ve only managed to plate …
The Red Sox and David Letterman: TV Magic
On the occasion of David Letterman’s final show this evening, we figured we’d present a few of the more Red Sox-centric clips we could find. …
Xander Bogaerts Sliding Into First is the Sole Highlight from Yesterday’s Red Sox Game
The Red Sox have just completed a 10 game road trip in which they went 5-5. Not bad on paper; in a perfect world, you …
David Ortiz Says His Hits Are Gonna Come “In Bunches. Like Grapes.”
After his home run last night helped pace the Sox to their fifth win in seven games, are you gonna argue with the man? All …
Dustin Pedroia: Five Foot Two and Better Than You
Alright so maybe 5 foot 2 is selling him a bit short (although having walked past the man once, I take issue with his “official” …
And Starring Clay Buchholz as John Lackey or Jake Peavy
Remember those torturous games that Lackey and Peavy used to pitch for us, where they’d give their all and hold the opposing team to a …
Shane Victorino Was the Hero of Last Night’s Game and Other Things That Surprised Me
If right around first pitch you had told me that you were picking Shane Victorino to be the hero of last night’s Red Sox game, …
Wade Miley, the Luckiest Man in the World
You’ve heard the expression that even a busted clock is right twice a day? Well yesterday, Wade Miley was that busted clock. In a showdown …
Are This Year’s Red Sox Worse Than Last Year’s Red Sox?
On May 13 of last year, the 2014 Boston Red Sox, a team that would go on to become the worst Red Sox team of …
Late Night with Pablo Sandoval
Each of these late-night, west coast contests are like three games in one to me. There’s the first three innings, for which I’m wide awake, …
Donate Tickets, Help Kids, Support Baltimore
My pal Marianne, a long-time friend of SG, proud Baltimore native and Orioles blogger, is leveraging baseball to help her home city heal from recent …
Allow Me to Retort
I, too, am old enough to remember the likes of Dwight Evans and have worshipped the false gods of Todd Benzinger and Joe Hesketh. …
The Red Sox Suck. And I’m Fine With That.
I am old enough to remember seeing Yaz and Dewey play. To remember collapsing in a heap on the floor when the ball went through …
Anyone But Mothereffin’ A-Rod
My Doctor and I have an agreement. I promise not to let the Red Sox push me to apoplectic seizures and he pretends I might …
Mookie Betts Is Kinda Good at this Outfield Thing
Last night’s Red Sox win was everything we needed exactly when we needed it. A starter — in this case, Rick Porcello — actually going …
Baltimore Riots, Baseball Goes On
Well, baseball sort of goes on. For the first time in history, two Major League teams played a game in front of zero fans. …
This Video of Hanley Ramirez Eating a Snack Is The Highlight of Last Night’s Red Sox Game
Any night in which the Red Sox can only muster three hits and Allen Craig gets one of them is not gonna end well. So …
It’s Still Early
A long time ago, way before the Red Sox started winning championships…they really sucked. They would come out of the gate hot, but fade …
Xander and the Red Sox Make the Last Splash
Here’s the most important takeaway from last night’s game: the Red Sox won on a walk-off single by their number eight hitter who is hitting …
Mookie Betts and Pedro Martinez Win Fenway Opening Day
At this point, there’s nothing about Mookie Betts that surprises us. So when the guy robbed Bryce Harper of a home run with a Dewey-esque …
Red Sox and Yankees? Simply No Comparison.
Half the line-up hitting under .200? Defense that almost begs to be accompanied by the Benny Hill theme music? Injury-prone folks like Teixeira and Ellsbury …
Bogaerts the Hero of the Longest Red Sox Game Ever
Last night, as the Sox/Yanks game hit the halfway mark, I looked at my watch and realized we’d only been playing for little more than …
Xander’s Alright, Justin’s Alright, We’re All Alright
So the first installment of this national nightmare we call interleague play is over, with the red Sox taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies. …
Red Sox, Phillies and the First Heart Attack of the Season
Let it be known that my first heart attack of this young Red Sox season came at 9:33pm on April 8, 2015. That’s when Hanley …
Why Rick Porcello Will Be Just Fine, Starring Kevin Youkilis
Moments after the Red Sox stomped the Phillies to kick off the 2015 campaign, the team announced they’d signed Rick Porcello — the same Rick …
Hanley Ramirez Waltzes with Ortiz, Lays Waste to Philadelphia
Gotta love the way Hanley Ramirez just toys with opposing teams. Early in the game he’s just goofin’ around, waltzing around the dugout with David …
Opening Day Heroics
We may look back on Red Sox Opening Day 2015 as the day Clay Buchholz became an ace. I know, I know, we’ve seen …
These Are Better Days (Opening Day 2015 and How We Got Here)
You can blame all of this on a train ride. Over a decade ago, in October of 2003 to be precise, I was on a …