Since the National League won in Philly in 1996, the American League has won 11 games (the 12th was the infamous tie in 2002). So, once again, the American League has home-field advantage for the World Series, as they have for every year since the “prize” was implemented in 2003…
Can I just say how amusing [...]

I wrote this back in March for Razzball. So, in honor of the only day of the year where no profesional sport is played, I offer you this perspective of the Boston Red Sox from nearly 4 months ago, when the season had not even begun yet, and we were all anxiously awaiting the start [...]

Holy Buckets! 28…homers…in…the…1st round…
As I mentioned yesterday, I was cheering for Josh Hamilton to win the Homerun Derby, and while he lost to Justin Morneau, 5-3 in the final round (where both hitters start from zero–which is a bogus, crappy rule…) He hit 28 homers in the 1st round, obliterating the Bobby Abreu record of [...]

While it’s not technically the 1st 1/2 of the season, as the Sox have already played 97 games, its close enough.  So at this 1/2 way point, time to do some assessments:
They are and are 57-40 at the break, which translates into a .588 winning % and the 4th best team in the bigs. Not to horrible. [...]

Over 35 years ago, in the early 70’s, handicapping services available to the general public were few and far between, with only a handful of companies offering the service. Fast forward to 2008 and there are thousands of services out there, some offering everything from “80-90(and more) percent chance of winning every time, or “can’t [...]

Back in May 2006, I started a blog about the Boston Red Sox. I figured that I had something to offer in terms on my baseball knowledge, and since I think I am reasonably entertaining, it would be fun. Did I ever think that over 2 years, and a World Series win (the 2nd in [...]

How come I never get to see these kinds of games???
Sure, I get to see the one run losses, or the nail biter Jonathan Papelbon-giving-up-hits-and-barely-squeaking-on-by stuff…But when there is a potential TRIPLE PLAY and 23 hits, it’s when I am not able at actually watch the festivities….
And this game had BOTH of these. I cannot [...]

As a member of the Red Sox blogging community, I like to go out and look at and for new and interesting Red Sox sites, and when I find ones I like, I talk about them, the ones I don’t like, not so much…(hey, beauty is DEFINETLY in the eye of the blogger…)
So when Ashley, [...]

When I came home from my stepdaughter’s All-Star Game, the score was 5-2, so I went about my evening stuff and when I looked again, the Sox has scored 4 runs in the 8th inning and they were up 6-5. So I sat and watched Jonathan Papelbon get his 27th save of the season–of course, [...]

I know there has been other occasions that Daisuke has pitched deeper into games, but didn’t last night’s game feel like the 1st time in a LONG while? His line: 7.1 Innings, giving up 0 runs on 6 hits while walking 3 and striking out 5. Daisuke threw 108 pitches 71 for strikes… Unfortunately, his [...]