Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More
Tag: American League
The Marathon Is Over, and So Begins the Sprint
After 162 games (or 163 games for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, and Los Angeles Dodgers), the 2018 … More
As Good as It Gets for Boston, As Bad as It Gets for Baltimore
In the spring of 2017, I started writing a blog post that I (thankfully) never ended up publishing about how … More
How Good Would Andrew Miller Have to Be to Revise History?
When lefty reliever Andrew Miller was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians last summer, it changed … More
Apparently, Pitching Is Important
It seems strange to me that in a year when they have a good lineup full of good, offensively productive … More
The Red Sox Blew It
It’s amazing how quickly a team that has fallen out of favor with its loyal fans can win them over … More
Time to Prove It
All the talk at the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline a month ago was centered around the bold acquisitions … More
Out of Their League
Earlier this week, the Red Sox turned around their fortunes with a home-and-home four game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. … More
Thrilling Night in Baseball
It’s not often that you get a baseball game in April that’s as fun and as exciting as the one … More
MLB Predictions 2014 Part IV
It’s almost April, and therefore almost baseball season is almost upon us. Last year, I went into the season … More