Anyone who has watched baseball in the last 15 year, no matter what team you root for, knows who Mike Piazza is: (Probable) Hall of Famer (He garnered 57.8% in voting his first year on the ballot), probably one of, if not THE best hitting catchers of all time, and, the NY Met whom Roger [...]

I cannot even REMEMBER when the Sox last had a big inning like they they has last night in the 3rd: 8 runs, they batted around, and Stephen Drew hit his 2nd career grand slam to double the score in that inning. What was even nicer is that no crazy ass pitching threw away a [...]

OK, how do the Sox go from having a GREAT starting 5, with 2 legitimate Aces, a bullpen that is NAILS, a DH who is defying his age and injuries and hitting the cover off the ball, and everyone was playing hard and doing their job–and at the end of April, were 1st in the [...]

So, after a spectacular April, which saw the Sox exceed expectations and end up with the best record in baseball Then, we get to May. Holy. Hell.. We are 8 days into the month and already they have been swept for the 1st time this season, have lost 4 of their last 5, lost not [...]

Greetings Boston Red Thoughts Readers: My name is Kurt Smith, if you’ve been reading Boston Red Thoughts for a while you may know that I am the author of Ballpark E-Guides, detailed PDF-format fan’s guides to MLB ballparks. Christine has been a great friend to the site and has done several promotional favors for me, [...]

Holy…Buckets! As you know, my prediction for the 2013 campaign was that the Sox would win 83 games–and not make the postseason. And I was alright with that–as long this team was a team I could like. Because, as we all are painfully aware, the Boston Red Sox hadn’t been very likable as of late… [...]