What the postseason is worth
As fans, our team winning the World Series is worth a lot. But rarely, I think, do most of us put the win in terms of dollars and cents. We realize that players get bonuses for advancing beyond the...
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Where we stand: 13 games in
Casual fans (and significant others of avid ones like us) tend to remind us it’s so early in the season that it’s hardly worth fretting about our team’s performance here in mid-April. And to some...
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This year’s challenges
Update: No sooner was this posted, than Manager Farrell had his first challenge of 2014 upheld. It came on Saturday, April 26 vs the Blue Jays. The changes to the rules in Major League Baseball this...
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Championship failures
While we may not have reasonably expected back-to-back World Series championships, I think few fans would have anticipated a 47-53 record (.470) after 100 games for the defending champs. That got me...
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Setting the right tone
It’s a long season ahead. Every fan has a friend or significant other that reminds us of that whenever we suffer a loss. But Red Sox fans know that every game counts and that postseason plans can be...
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Game 5: Kelly’s masterpiece
Joe Kelly After the longest game in Red Sox franchise history, the club needed relief and Joe Kelly provided it in spades. Kelly, the Red Sox newcomer who was acquired from the Cardinals at the...
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Sox make shutout history
It has been a long time since the Red Sox shutout a single club in three straight games. The surprising Red Sox, still in the cellar of the division, blanked the Orioles in three consecutive games this...
View ArticleSunday Morning Odds ‘n Ends
Random thoughts from the Red Sox week that just finished: Embed from Getty Images The Yankees are in last place and while that’s unlikely to last, the Sox are capitalizing on New York’s slow start,...
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Sox Winter Weekend Recap
Rather than watching it on television, RSNStats is just back from a road trip to experience the Sox Winter Weekend in person. Here’s how it went. If you’re not interested, scroll down anyway to catch...
View ArticleRed Sox Come-From-Behind to Sweep Cardinals
Embed from Getty Images Four games against the Cardinals and four Red Sox wins. It wasn’t the World Series this time, it was the four games of the 2017 season set, which the Red Sox closed on Wednesday...
View ArticleCardinals Fume Over Umpire Time-Out
The Cardinals were fuming after Wednesday’s thrilling Red Sox walk-off win. According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, catcher Yadier Molina and manager Mike Matheny, who was ultimately...
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For Red Sox, 22 Games To Go
The weather is turning a little cooler, school is back in session, and football is on TV again. It’s the unmistakable signs of fall and with it, the nearing of the major league postseason. As Red Sox...
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