Perhaps it’s because Tom Brady is no longer a member of the Patriots, or maybe it’s that the team has no real superstars and their outlook for the upcoming season isn’t exactly titled “A road to a Championship”.
The Red Sox are at a crossroads. With less than two weeks to go before the August 2 trade deadline, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom has a monumental decision to make. Does he proceed as a contender and invest in his team, or act as a pretender, subtract, and...
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. After getting close to the World Series in 2021, the 2022 Boston Red Sox look like just what they are. A last place team. What has gone wrong? Who’s responsible? Why have they fallen so hard, so fast? Where did the mistakes...
For nearly two decades in New England, sports fans have seen parades, duckboats, victory cigars, celebrations, and countless tears of happiness. In what has felt like an almost annual tradition since 2001, either the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, or Patriots seem to...
With all due respect to Ted Lasso’s Danny Rojas, baseball is life. You never desire something so feverishly as when you don’t have that thing. The MLB’s recently ended lockout lasted for nearly 100 days. And during that time, fans and baseball insiders alike...
Almost 100 days of lockout silence between baseball’s players and owners mercifully came to an end on March 10, 2022, the longest work stoppage in the history of the sport. Now that baseball is back, the real work has begun for Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer...
The Red Sox signed free agent Trevor Story to a 6-year, $140 million contract that includes an opt-out after the fourth season. Story has spent his career at shortstop for the Colorado Rockies, but will begin his tenure in Boston at second base. He could end up...
David Ortiz was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot this week, making him the newest Red Sox legend to be enshrined in Cooperstown. To make things sweeter for Ortiz, he will be the only inductee for this years class as he was the only player...
Jon Lester announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending a 16-year career that included three World Series championships and five All-Star game appearances. Lester is also a cancer survivor and a legend in the cities of Boston and Chicago. Lester was drafted by the...
Revolution or evolution? Both are change, and one often more desirable than the other in life as well as in sports. That’s all well and good, but what we have witnessed in the last month or so extends beyond the routine changes accompanying a typical season. Across...