Mookie Betts and Chris Sale were at it again at Fenway in Pink
[Box Score] [Joy of Sox] Mookie Betts has had himself a week. He’s shown he’s the best player in baseball pound-for-pound not named Mike Trout this week, I think. The Sox might miss David Ortiz, but...
View ArticleDavid Price return and Mookie homer not enough for Red Sox on Memorial Day in...
[White Sox 5, Red Sox 4] [Joy of Sox] It’s funny. My wife (who is a great wife, my best friend) knows I love Mookie Betts. And she messes up his name and often calls him ‘Melky’. I am sure she’s...
View ArticleMookie Betts, doing Mookie Betts things at Fenway
Mookie Betts seems to be having what is an okay, ordinary season for the Red Sox. He has been good, but hasn’t shown himself yet to be the generational talent we thought he would morph into in 2017....
View ArticleMookie Betts had a four-hit, two-homer, 8-RBI day with a steal
Mookie Betts is just a bad ass little player. He’s just terrific, as Donald Trump would say. You would normally call what he did a career day, but he’s actually now driven eight runs in a game twice....
View ArticleThe 2017 Baseball Game of the Year
[Red Sox 12, Indians 10] [Joy of Sox] Full disclosure: I didn’t watch this game. I didn’t see a single pitch. But I got texts from all my friends in baseball nation, enough mobile notifications, and...
View ArticleAaron Judge tallies HR 38, and was this the Yankees win of the season?
The Boston Red Sox took on the Yankees to decide who would win this September series on Sunday Night Baseball. The matchup was billed as Chris Sale against Luis Severino, which should have led to a...
View ArticleMookie Betts’ 3 Home Runs Help Red Sox Throttle Shohei Ohtani
[Box Score] Markus Lynn Betts now has three three-homer games in his career before the age of 26. He’s a special player. Tonight in Anaheim, you could feel that he was getting three. He’s up to .389...
View ArticleSean Manaea Throws the First No-Hitter of the 2018 Season
[Box Score] [Yahoo] Sean Manaea has some good stuff working right now. He no-hit the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night with 10 strikeouts. In throwing the no-hitter, Manaea beat the 17-2 Red Sox who...
View ArticleBlue Jays Run Out of Gas In Red Sox Series Finale
[Box Score] [Toronto Star] The Blue Jays dug a big hole, and didn’t get out of it in Toronto. As they welcome the Yankees for the weekend, Clay Buchholz didn’t fare well against his former team as one...
View ArticleRex Sox Part Ways With Manager Alex Cora
The Boston Red Sox and manager Alex Cora have mutually agreed to part ways. Peter Gammons is on MLB Network as I type this and talking about ‘Cora going home and enjoying family life’ and raising his...
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