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Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox Set For Epic ALDS Matchup

Oct 3, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Headlines, Houston Astros, Postseason

With Saturday's game between the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros in the books, the Red Sox took more than a traditional victory out of Fenway Park. The 6-3 final score gave Boston its second consecutive title...

Chris Sale’s Struggles Against the Indians are Bad News for the Red Sox

Varun Tekur

Aug 28, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Features

Chris Sale is unquestionably having one of the best seasons by a Boston Red Sox pitcher, or any American League pitcher, in recent years. His absurd 12.77 K/9 ratio is the highest figure in the major leagues, a...

What Boston Pressure? Eduardo Nunez Is Tearing It Up For Red Sox

Tom Dorsa

Aug 28, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Features

Can he handle the pressure that comes with playing in Boston? That's the first thing you'll hear from writers and analysts when the Boston Red Sox sign a high-level free agent, promote a promising prospect, or ...

Drew Pomeranz Quietly Putting Together a Stellar Season for the Boston Red Sox

Varun Tekur

Aug 8, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Features

By giving up highly regarded minor league pitcher Anderson Espinoza to the San Diego Padres, the Boston Red Sox seemingly paid a steep price for Drew Pomeranz in mid-July of the 2016 season. So, when Pomeranz s...

Scherzer and Sale: Two Dominant Pitchers Who Could Not Be Less Alike

Tom Dorsa

Jul 7, 2017

Features

Major League Baseball reached a relatively rare milestone this weekend when Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer's 12 strikeouts in Sunday night's game against the Atlanta Braves put him at the top of the Nati...

Boston Red Sox, Adam Jones Set Standard for Pro Sports Venues

Tom Dorsa

May 10, 2017

American League, Headlines, Major League Baseball

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In the midst of a furious, heated series between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, the two American League East teams threw scorching fastballs at and around each other's star players. "I felt it was...

Is Dave Dombrowski Overrated in Boston?

Evan Marinofsky

Apr 12, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Opinions & Predictions

To call Dave Dombrowski, one of baseball's top and most successful executives, overrated is rare in the baseball world. He has spent years in Major League Baseball and is one of the top minds in the game. As...

The State of Major League Baseball: Where Does the Sport Stand?

Evan Marinofsky

Apr 10, 2017

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

We're about one week into this new baseball season. Whether your front yard has snow covering it or not, the real ushering in of spring has already happened. No matter the weather, the dawn of a new season a...

All Signs Point to a Sandoval Rebound

Evan Marinofsky

Mar 24, 2017

Boston Red Sox, Headlines

There was universal dismay among Red Sox Nation when it became clear that the Boston Red Sox would place full faith in Pablo Sandoval to be their starting third baseman for the 2017 campaign. And why would p...

Red Sox Trade Clay Buchholz to Phillies

Austin Green

Dec 20, 2016

Boston Red Sox, Headlines, Offseason, Philadelphia Phillies, Transactions

By adding superstar ace Chris Sale in a Winter Meetings blockbuster, Boston Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski created a logjam in his team's pitching staff. That logjam was finally addressed on Tuesday mo...

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