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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

So, after a weekend of ups and downs, and having to look at the ugly-assed Skankees for 4 freaking days, the Sox end up the same distance between the Skanks (4 games) as they had on Friday morning? Great….
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the distance between the Sox and the 1st place team–the [...]

Holy Buckets! Was that a most excellent game or WHAT??? I just KNEW Jon Lester would go the distance–after the bullpen implosions lately, I didn’t think he would want ANYONE messing with his cake and screwing up this masterpiece of a game…
A complete game 5-hit shutout for Lester, who struck out 7 and [...]

Remember how I said yesterday that if things go horribly wrong, that the Sox and the Skanks could be sharing 2nd place behind the Rays? Well, after last night’s debacle, that reality is getting more real by the day…
And it’s not like Dustin Pedroia didn’t try to carry the team on his back, to single-handedly [...]