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 [...]
It’s a win streak! (Isn’t it? It is, right?)
Ever since Tampa Bay eviscerated the Sox in that four game beatdown a week ago, Boston has run off a tidy 5-2 winning streak that has them a mere 5 1/2 games behind the Devil Rays (yes, I am calling them by their birth names – they’ve earned it). So tell me, why does this little run have all the feel [...]
Mission Accomplished: Sox take Game 1
Coming into this all important three game series against the PITA Tampa Bay Rays, all the Red Sox had to do was avoid a sweep and they would keep a solid grasp on their Wild Card lead. Thanks to a trio of home runs, another solid outing by Jon Lester, and a couple of spectacular catches [...]
Sox salvage season with 9th inning comeback
The Red Sox were down to their last strike, literally and figuratively, on this mid summer night in the heart of Texas. A few moments earlier, the team that has seen its share of heartbreaking defeats over the past couple of weeks had apparently suffered yet another devastating ‘L’ when the potential game- tying run got [...]
Trip to the Trop another unmitigated flop
In years past, a visit to Tampa Bay by my beloved Bosox would be a reason to celebrate, get out of the house, and enjoy a baseball game that I was virtually assured I would enjoy the outcome of. Right now those days seem like a long, long time ago. But there’s a reason I [...]
Lester dominates Royals again
Jon Lester has a thing about pitching against Kansas City. That thing is, he doesn’t lose to them, especially at Fenway Park. Boston, which was held to one hit through the first seven innings, scratched out a run in the eighth inning off tough luck loser Brian Bannister, and Jonathan Papelbon pitched a businesslike 1-2-3 [...]
Sox salvage one game against Seattle
On the same day Boston had an MLB high six players named to the All Star team, the Red Sox were nine outs away from an embarrassing sweep at home against the surging Seattle Mariners. And then, in keeping with the theme of the last week, Boston mounted a furious comeback, one that elevated the feeling [...]
Lester, Drew dominate Orioles
Hard to believe that it is nearly July, and tonight marked only the second series between the Sox and their division rivals, the Baltimore Orioles. Attn Bud Selig, please do something about this effing interleague and unbalanced schedule shit! Not that the long gap between games had an adverse effect on Boston; in fact despite [...]
Longballs propel Sox in a close win over Nats
Ignore the fact that Boston has outscored Washington in the first two games of this series 17-7, and has outhit the Nats 24-16, including a 9-5 edge in extra base hits; the fact of the matter is, both of the first two contests have been tight ballgames in the later innings. Tuesday night the Sox [...]
