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-15 posts tagged "Boston Red Sox"
Joey Vaughan | Thursday, March 30, 2023
With Opening Day just days away, the Major League Baseball (MLB) season is almost here. With the season about to start, it’s time to finish looking ahead to the upcoming season and the expectations for each club. Over the past few weeks, I’ve previewed 25 teams, helping get fans ready for the 154th season of
Liam Coolican | Friday, February 3, 2023
Imagine yourself in any mid-size minor league baseball town: Montgomery, Toledo, Frisco or South Bend. Now imagine the scene if an MLB team like the Yankees, Red Sox or Dodgers rolled into town for a playoff game. This could be a reality if MLB ever adopts a mid-season tournament similar to the English FA Cup.
José Sánchez Córdova | Thursday, April 7, 2022
With the MLB about to start on Thursday, it has been hard to contain my excitement for the return of my favorite sport. But every time I mention it, I get the same few reactions. “Baseball is boring.” “It’s so slow.” “Nothing ever happens.” Or “it takes forever.” This article is my response to those
David Kramer | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
This year’s MLB postseason has shed some serious light on pretty harsh realities for fans. Yes, the Astros have the pure talent to dominate without sign-stealing. Yes, the current playoff structure allows for 100-win teams to face each other in the Division Series. And yes, the Yankees still struggle to clinch a World Series berth.
John Kalemkerian | Monday, October 4, 2021
I’m sure whoever once said that the MLB season is a marathon, not a sprint had good intentions. But that person clearly never witnessed the mayhem that has been the last two weeks of baseball. From two 105+ win teams racing to avoid a winner-takes-all wild card game to the enticing potential for a five-way
Andrew McGuinness | Thursday, September 2, 2021
Depending on your rooting interests, this is either the most exciting or stressful time of the baseball season. If your team is a bottom feeder or can already see the X next to their name, you can sit back and watch the chaos unfold. Everyone else will spend the next month biting their nails and
Greg McKenna | Friday, September 18, 2020
As a Boston sports fan, my dad grew up knowing what it meant to root for a group of lovable losers. Of course, that outside sympathy could largely be attributed to “the curse,” Bill Buckner, and a World Series game 7 loss in both the ’70s and ’80s, but most of Beantown’s other teams didn’t
Connor Mulvena | Friday, October 26, 2018
After game one of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park, when left-hander Clayton Kershaw looked like a shadow of his regular season self, Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt had some issues with the Fenway bullpens. “Brutal. Pretty brutal,” Honeycutt said of the bullpens. “What I don’t understand is why baseball allows it. You’ve got
Tobias Hoonhout | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Don’t get me wrong — what the Boston Red Sox have done this postseason is impressive. While they were the best team in the Majors this year, the Sox had their work cut out for them to get back to World Series for the first time since 2013, facing not one, but two 100-win teams
Joe Everett | Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Following my colleague Tobias Hoonhout’s analysis of the 2018 National League Playoff picture yesterday, let’s take a look at the American League and some fantastic postseason baseball that awaits us there. Wild Card Game The New York Yankees (100-62) host the Oakland Athletics (97-65) for the right to face the record-setting Boston Red Sox