Solid starts help Sox turn corner

Following that 13-12 softball game in Toronto on Monday night, Boston put the finishing touches on a three game sweep of the Blue Jays with a pair of well-played, close victories on Tuesday and Wednesday, running its current win streak to 7-2.  And although the final two games were tight nailbiters, one thing set them apart from most [...]

Let’s end the regular season already

Football is in full swing, both college and pro. Bruins training cap has already begun, and the Cs will unveil their great Rasheed Wallace experiment a few weeks from now. But with the Pats surprisingly swooning, the Bs dumping quality players, and the Celts sorting out AARP benefits, Beantown still needs its Sox to provide a boost at this [...]

A Bronx Fail

Six games, six losses, each more excruciating than the last. That is the misery Red Sox fans have had to endure over the last week, one that began with the Bosox pummelling the Baltimore Orioles with an 18-run, 23 hit barrage, and ended with a demoralizing late-inning loss to the Stanks that put the finishing touches on [...]

Sox ‘pen: Biggest strength suddenly a glaring weakness

A few short weeks ago, the Red Sox were rockin’ the best bullpen in the major leagues. The crew had the lowest ERA of any bully in MLB, featured a slew of talented young arms, and contained at least 3 or 4 pitchers who could be closers on many other staffs. Now, after a string of [...]

Payback’s a bitch: Sox comeback vs. O’s, win in 11

Less than 24 hours after losing one of the most humiliating and heartbreaking games in team history, blowing a 10-1 lead and losing 11-10 to the Orioles, the Boston Red Sox exacted a measure of revenge by staging a miniaturized comeback of their own. Trailing 5-1 entering the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon, the Sox scored four [...]

Smoltz does his best Dice-K impersonation

Raise your hand if you didn’t see this coming? An aging pitcher with a surgically repaired shoulder takes the hill for the first time in over a year against a hungry, hapless young club that could have easily won the first two games of this three game set if it weren’t for a few bad [...]

Marlins swallowed up by a mighty Wake

Wanna know the best part of Boston’s 8-2 thrashing of the Florida Marlins at Fenway Tuesday night? Big Papi hit another home run, and for the first time this season, he didn’t receive a standing ovation. That must mean things are getting back to normal, right? Ortiz hit a titanic blast into the Boston bullpen to kick [...]

Penny’s stock plummets as trade winds swirl

Right around the time temporary Red Sox analyst Dennis Eckersley made the comment that Boston starter Brad Penny was pitching ‘the best he has all year”, the rotund righty collapsed like the Cowboy’s practice facility and surrendered four runs in the blink of an eye. Moral of the story: the Nation needs Jerry Remy, a.k.a. El [...]

Sox starting pitching sucks again

In my previous post  I mentioned that the Red Sox have the second-worst ERA among starting pitchers in the major leagues. Tonight they proved why. Tim Wakefield, the one starter on the staff this year who appeared immune to the shitty ERA syndrome, fell victim to the curse tonight, as Anaheim tagged the ageless knuckleballer for [...]