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RIP Jerry Remy
Jerry Remy passed away on Saturday, far too early at age 68, after battling cancer for decades. He was a Boston institution and an endless supply of great baseball stories. We interviewed Remy for The...
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Whose Time Is It? Depends On Who You Ask
When Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez left the mound yesterday, it was as a hero to his team. By the time he reached his dugout he had something else to think about. Rodriguez went six innings for...
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How Much Sign Stealing Is Too Much Sign Stealing? Never Mind, Heads Are...
We all knew this was coming, and still it’s shocking. Yesterday, the Astros fired GM Jeff Luhnow, the architect of their championship roster, and manager AJ Hinch, for their roles in last year’s...
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Red Sox Play Petty In Failed Attempt To Deny Minor His Strikouts
Baseball has a long history of acknowledging superlative performances from the opposing dugout, but precedent be damned, things in Arlington got downright wacky last night. The moment that has gained...
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Stroman’s Celebration Irks Eck, And People Have Opinions
A lot’s being made over Dennis Eckersley’s comments about Marcus Stroman’s on-field celebration on Sunday to close out the sixth inning against Boston, during which the broadcaster called Stroman’s...
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Did The Dodgers Take Advantage Of Stolen Signs In Game 2? It Sure Seems Like It
There are lots of reasons to dislike Manny Machado. Stealing signs isn’t one of them. It’s not that he doesn’t steal signs. To the contrary, according to a piece by Bleacher Report’s Scott Miller,...
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Was Tipping Pitches To Blame For Severino’s Awful ALDS Start?
They’re saying now that Luis Severino’s dismal start against the Red Sox in Game 3 of the ALCS—you know, the one that Boston ended up winning, 16-1—may have been compromised by tipped pitches....
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Dekes Are Fun
From just before the break: The Blue Jays join Pedro Florimon in the 2018 pantheon of faking guys out of their damn socks. The @BlueJays pulled off a fake double play. It was good. :...
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Fists Fly in Boston After Austin Powers Toward The Mound
Tyler Austin should have known better. He should have known the pitch was coming as soon as he took out Red Sox shortstop Brock Holt with a questionable slide in the third inning, especially after Holt...
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Red Sox and Binocs and Smart Watch, Oh My
Three facts as pertain to today’s news: Sign stealing in baseball is ages-old. It’s why signs exist in the first place: Teams constantly attempt to get the drop on the opposition’s communication. Sign...
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CC Sabathia Still Has Issues With Boston’s Bunting
America is a place where people in prominence can claim ludicrous things and then, after others have pointed out said ludicrousness, double down on their bad ideas. Freedom. On Thursday, it was CC...
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Corey Kluber Is No Fan Of Hard Swings, and Doesn’t Care How Hard He’s Hit in...
Maybe when you’re as good as Corey Kluber, you think you can get away with questionable activities. Maybe when you’re as good as Corey Kluber, you think that your prodigious skill will help you escape...
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CC Sabathia Has Thoughts on Boston’s Bunting Habits
CC Sabathia is angry that the Red Sox took advantage of him. The pitcher, returning from a knee injury, tossed a splendid game against Boston over the weekend, giving up four hits and two runs over...
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Pitchers … At Least Pitchers With Good Intentions
When it comes to baseball’s unwritten rules, it’s often imperative that umpires are apprised of any history that might play into potential confrontation between teams. Frequently this helps. Sometimes...
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Obsess Much? Time For Red Sox To Let Go Of Machado’s Slide
The theme of the last two weeks has been Pitchers Throwing Behind Hitters Who Don’t Seem to Understand That Pitchers Who Throw Behind Them Haven’t Actually Hit Them. The recent pitches in question...
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Boston Puts the ‘Harm’ in Charm City: Head-High Retaliation Draws O’s Ire
Baseball’s unwritten rules are pretty straightforward. When Manny Machado took out Dustin Pedroia with what many felt was a reckless slide on Friday, it seemed likely that the Red Sox would respond. A...
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Machado’s Spikes Spur Red Sox Rage
After Chase Utley broke the leg of Mets second baseman shortstop Ruben Tejada with a questionable slide in the 2015 playoffs, Major League Baseball implemented a rule to regulate that type of play,...
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On Workplace Sanctity and the Digging of Holes, or: Hey Coco Crisp, Keep Your...
The real battle tonight:Hanley v. Coco pic.twitter.com/0S0IoI5vRB — Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) May 10, 2016 After walking in the first inning yesterday, Oakland’s Coco Crisp dug himself a little...
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David Ortiz: Maybe Not the Best Spokesman for His Own Damn Point of View
David Ortiz took on the haters yesterday in the pages of the Boston Globe. It should come as no surprise, since the guy’s proclamations were the same as they ever were. To wit: Flipping a bat is his...
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Spring is for Lovers: David Price rolls in to Red Sox Camp
The Red Sox have a storied history of hating the Rays, and vice versa. We know this by now. How we know that much of it isn’t personal, however—that it’s pretty much been a loathing of laundry—is when...
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