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If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 20

By ⋅ August 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

20 weeks into the season and there’s still plenty of drama. Boston and Arizona are faltering, Milwaukee is cruising and the White Sox are back in the race for the AL Central. While the Yankees and Giants are on their way up, St. Louis can still be pretty much counted out. Houston can officially be [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 19

By ⋅ August 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Only a month and a half remain in the season, and the races are starting to thin out. The Phillies are pretty well-entrenched in their lead, and the other divisions usually have been whittled down to two contending teams, though the AL Central is a tad more crowded than that. Boston and the Yankees are [...]

Long Red Sox-Yankees Games Not Beckett’s Fault

By ⋅ August 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In recent years, Red Sox-Yankees games have morphed from simple baseball contests into battles so epic in size and length you could probably get through half of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and still catch the ninth inning. Baseball is inherently slow, and these extra-long games make it even more monotonous. Few have seriously [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 18

By ⋅ August 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

With less than two months to go, some teams still have their space between themselves and rivals, while some teams have gotten close again. The Yankees lost their brief hold on the division, while the Angels and D-Backs are closing the gap quickly. Cleveland and Pittsburgh are continuing to fade from their early season success. [...]

Red Sox Slam Sabathia in 10-4 Win

By ⋅ August 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you’ve only watched New York ace CC Sabathia pitch against Boston this season, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. For the fourth time in as many starts against the Red Sox, the hefty lefty was disastrous, surrendering 7 runs in a 10-4 defeat. What started as an early duel turned sour for [...]

Yankees Edge Red Sox 3-2, Take AL East Lead

By ⋅ August 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Heading into this season, as the Red Sox reigned supreme in free agency and seemingly had the rest of the A.L. East in a headlock, the one thing the Yankees still had was a better bullpen. And not-so-ironically, it served it’s purpose tonight. Reliever Boone Logan struck out Adrian Gonzalez with the bases loaded to [...]

Red Sox-Yankees: A Dying Rivalry

By ⋅ August 5, 2011 ⋅ One comment

While the Red Sox played the Indians to start the week, fans and media alike were really looking ahead to the three-game series with the Yankees beginning Friday. In typical fashion, the Sox find themselves in a close race for the AL East, with their hated rivals. The rivalry should be more heated than ever, [...]

Post-Deadline Contenders: Where Do the Red Sox Stand?

By ⋅ August 2, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Every baseball season, the days leading up to the July 31st trading deadline offer teams the chance to evaluate their place in the league and decide whether or not to invest more or less into the active season. The Red Sox are no amateurs when it comes to making deadline deals, whether it be the [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 17

By ⋅ August 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The trade deadline has come and gone, and some contenders have made some big moves to up their chances of playoff glory. Ubaldo Jimenez and Hunter Pence, not to mention Michael Bourn (the Astros were really sellers, weren’t they?) are all in great positions to make a push. So is Erik Bedard, though he isn’t [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 16

By ⋅ July 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

As the season goes on, it’s tough for any team to gain a competitive edge. The NL Central even has a three-way tie going, with each team only percentage points apart. Sure, teams are starting to wedge a little bit of room between themselves and their competitors, but those leads haven’t been stable this season [...]

Who is the Most-Hated Sports Figure in Boston?

By ⋅ July 19, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Sports fans love superlatives and Boston fans are no exception. Cruel and demeaning ones are even better. Most over rated? Derek Jeter. Most Pathetic? Lebron. Biggest sissy? A-Rod. Most in need of a weight loss program? Rex Ryan. Worst commercial actor? Peyton Manning. Most likely to be mistaken for Jar Jar Binks? Chris Bosh. You [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 15

By ⋅ July 18, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Nearly 100 games have been played. The largest division lead is 4.0 games, and half of the six divisions are led by no more than 1.5 games. For a brief moment, the Pirates were actually leading the NL Central, which shows how surprising this season has been. Trade talks have been heating up in advance [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 14

By ⋅ July 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Now that the All-Star break is here, it’s time for teams to sit back and reflect on the first half, rest up and take stock of where they are. That’s especially important in the American League, where no division is led by more than 1.0 games. Save for the NL Central, NL leads are a [...]

Video: Derek Jeter Hits Home Run For 3000th Hit

By ⋅ July 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Love the Yankees or hate them (OK, most of you probably hate them), but Yankees captain Derek Jeter just had a pretty cool moment at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Jeter hit a ground ball single in his first at bat in the first inning, and in the third inning with no one on and one [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – MLB Week 13

By ⋅ July 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s almost time for the All Star Game, and plenty of races are still tight. Boston has dropped some ground to the Yankees, and the Indians, Cardinals and Angels are all interjecting themselves back into their divisions in real dogfights. The Wildcard spots are locked up fairly securely considering how other races are going, and [...]

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