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 [...]

Smoltz experiment officially a disaster; Yanks crush Sox

The Red Sox, still stinging from a pair of lackluster losses suffered at the hands of new rival Tampa Bay, had a great chance to turn things around and extend their winning streak to nine games over old rival New York tonight. After jumping out to an early 3-1 lead, courtesy of a pair of homers including [...]

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 [...]

A’s blank Sox in Nomar’s return to Fenway

John Smoltz’s Fenway Park debut was overshadowed by the return of Nomar Garciaparra tonight, but it was an unheralded rookie starting pitcher for the Oakland A’s who trumped all the tributes and attention being given to those two accomplished veterans.  Brett Anderson tossed a complete game shutout, dampening what was supposed to be a celebration of Smoltz first [...]

Bewildered in B’More: Sox blow 10-1 lead, lose 11-10

As the Red Sox were running out to a 9-1 lead in the fifth inning  Tuesday night, Orioles broadcaster Gary Thorne made this ridiculous comment: “now this one is starting to get ugly.” “Starting to get ugly?”, I said to my son. “With this (Boston) bullpen, this game is over!” Oh how wrong we both [...]

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 [...]

Sox Drawer: Dice-K, Smoltz and the dregs of interleague play

While the Red Sox are enjoying another off day - the second one in the past week, not counting all the rain delays – before embarking on yet another 10- day road trip, it gives me a chance to catch up some goings-on regarding the team. #1: What will happen to Dice-K now that he is disabled [...]