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David “Big Papi” Ortiz, a key member of three Red Sox championship teams. | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Gather ‘round the campfire for a story too crazy to be real. Yet it is. The Yankees wake up today down 3-0 in the World Series, having been once again humbled by Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers. Damn shame, if you ask me, but if you’re the rare Yankee fan in these … [Read more...] about Good News, Yankees Fans! There Is A Precedent In Coming Back From A 3-0 Playoff Series Deficit

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images He started hot in 2024, but finished cold. The Positives Crawford was incredibily durable in 2024. He made 33 starts, tied for the most in baseball. In today’s landscape, that’s an accomplishment in and of itself. In those 33 starts, Crawford went at least five innings while allowing three or fewer runs in 20 of them. For a back half … [Read more...] about 2024 Red Sox in Review: Kutter Crawford

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images According to one report, at least. In the 21 years since the publication of Moneyball, MLB owners and their useful idiots in the media have spent a lot of time and energy trying to convince you of one thing above all else: that spending money on baseball players is a bad thing. If watching the Red Sox slide down the payroll … [Read more...] about The Red Sox Are The Fifth-Cheapest Team In Baseball

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani will play tonight. Good morning and happy Game Three Day. After a scary slide during Saturday’s World Series game against the Yankees, the Dodgers confirmed that Shohei Ohtani will play in Game 3 tonight at Yankee Stadium. That’s good news for Yankee-haters around the world, as well as anyone who just likes watching the … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 10/28: He’s Ok!

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images It wasn’t a great World Series debut for the Yankee skipper. On Wednesday night, I watched episode one of The Comeback. The episode reinforces every negative feeling I’ve ever had about the New York Yankees. They’re (rightfully) portrayed as vile, holier-than-thou people who think baseball is something other than a game. Not that you need … [Read more...] about Thank You, Tim Wakefield (For Making Aaron Boone The Yankees Manager)

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Because Dodgers-Yankees isn’t for everyone. Today marks the start of a series whose existence I couldn’t have possibly dreaded anymore. Watching Mookie Betts figure out how to hit in a postseason again this year has been hurtful enough, but now we have to watch it in his second World Series appearance with the Dodgers against the … [Read more...] about What To Watch If You Don’t Want To Watch The World Series

20 years after the fact. . . We’re having fun reliving the 2004 postseason, aren’t we folks? It sure beats the 2024 postseason, which, if things don’t go our way over the next week, could turn into a nightmare for Red Sox fans. Thankfully, we’ve got some new juice to squeeze, thanks the revelation in the new Netflix documentary about the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees: Red Sox … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Yankees Cheating Scandal Erupts On Eve Of World Series!

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images There’s only ONE October! TGIF. Baseball is back! The World Series kicks off tonight. New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers 8:08 PM ET on FOX. Gerrit Cole vs Jack Flaherty. Game 2 is the same setup on Saturday. Carlos Rodón vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto. … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 10/25-10/27: The World Series

Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images This game deserves some love. Dan Secatore makes many great points and observations that deserve a deeper dive in his 34 Stray Thoughts About the 2004 Red Sox Documentary on Netflix post from yesterday, but I feel compelled to dive into this one specifically: The Dave Roberts steal in game four gets all the attention (I wouldn’t be … [Read more...] about Reminder: Game 5 of The 2004 ALCS Kicked Ass