Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More
Tag: Boston Red Sox
Not New England’s Year
The New England Patriots lost at home to the Tennessee Titans on the Saturday of Wild Card Weekend, a disappointing … More
Not A Great Week for Player Safety, Not a Great Era for Human Safety
The University of Maryland fired head coach D. J. Durkin yesterday, as a result of allegations of a toxic culture … More
Red Sox Close out Historic Season in Style
They did it. Win after win, after win, the Boston Red Sox were the best team in Major League Baseball … More
Steve Pearce Stole Rich Hill’s Thunder
There is an enormous difference between a 3-1 lead and a 2-2 tie, even though the journey to get there … More
Terry Francona’s Managerial Tree Is on Full Display, and Still Growing
Alex Cora’s Boston Red Sox and Dave Roberts’s Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing each other in the World Series. … More
One Loss Felt Like Two
It took 18 innings innings before Max Muncy homered to lift the Dodgers over the Red Sox in Game 3 … More
Red Sox vs. Dodgers Is a World Series 102 Years in the Making
After a shaky start in Game 1, the Boston Red Sox took care of business against the Houston Astros in … More
Red Sox Take Care of Business in the Bronx
After a season of anticipation, and fourteen years of hard and bitter peace in baseball’s most storied rivalry, the Boston … More
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
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