Last week, I finished reading Alex Speier’s book Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up, … More
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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
Milwaukee’s Bullpen Does It All
In 2018, the trend of expanded bullpen usage got more intense and innovative. While the Tampa Bay Rays misses the … 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
‘Moneyball’ Is Baseball’s ‘Rocky’, If Rocky Never Wins
Two of the best sports movies this decade are Moneyball and Creed (I personally rank Creed at #1 and Moneyball … More
The Cubs Did an Excellent Impression of the Red Sox
It’s easy to compare the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox. It’s almost too easy because of how long … More
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