The Boston Red Sox were one of baseball’s great disappointments the past two seasons, going a combined 108-114 in 2019 and 2020 after they won the World Series with a 108-54 record in 2018. While everything went right for Boston in that championship run, a combination of regression and injuries to highly paid stars dragged […]
It’s hard to imagine things going more right for the Boston Red Sox than they did last season. Boston jumped out to a scorching 17-2 start, was 38 games over .500 by the All-Star break, posted the most regular-season wins (108) by an MLB team in 17 years, and then steamrolled through the playoffs with […]
In the celebration Sunday after Boston pitcher Chris Sale struck out Manny Machado to end Game 5 of the World Series, clinching a title for the Red Sox, much was made about this being the best Boston team ever. That’s a topic we covered as well going into the series, but this team was also […]
After Manny Machado waved at a Chris Sale slider for the final out of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday — the final pitch of the 2018 baseball season — Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez bolted toward the pitching mound and leaped into the arms of the lanky Sale. The celebration began […]
Here they come again: For the fourth time since 2004, the Boston Red Sox will be the American League’s representative in the World Series. This time, it comes after beating the Houston Astros in an ALCS clash of titans, dispatching a club that many (e.g., me) thought might be baseball’s best. But the Red Sox […]