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Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images Happy Fourth! Happy Fourth of July, Red Sox Nation! Today, we celebrate Uncle Sam’s birthday by paying our taxes on time and watching our beloved Boston Red Sox take on the Washington Nationals. It’s one of the few pre-noon first pitches across all of baseball, so you still have plenty of time to eat hot dogs and watch fireworks later in the … [Read more...] about Game 89: Red Sox @ Nationals

Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images USA! USA! USA! There was a baseball game today. Some stuff happened. The Red Sox scored more runs than the Nationals. Why are you reading this? It’s the Fourth of July. Go be independent of baseball for a while. Have a domestic light lager or two. Have 3% of the hot dogs Joey Chestnut ate today. Come back here later. Alright, now that it’s … [Read more...] about Red Sox 11, Nationals 2: Independence Is Important

Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Early start! The Red Sox are on a brief road trip to play the Washington Nationals before finishing the unofficial first half of the season at home against the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays. They are coming off their first series win in two weeks in what was nearly a sweep of the Cincinnati … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Boston Red Sox at Washington Nationals

Enjoy your 4th. The Red Sox minor league affiliates got waxed across the board on Thursday night. If these recaps seem half-hearted, it’s because I want to save you time to go enjoy your July 4th. And because I’m ready for a beverage. Syracuse Mets 7, Worcester Red Sox 4 (BOX) milb.com Tyler Uberstine got the start for Worcester and was hit … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 7/3: Cleanly swept at all levels

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Who has Mayor Wu requested a meeting with today? When Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran uttered a homophobic slur to an innocent tennis enthusiast last August, many were appalled. None more, it seemed, than Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. Wu, it was reported, requested a meeting with Duran to discuss the incident. Of course, … [Read more...] about Walker Buehler, you’re heading to The Mayor’s Office

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Plus, I wouldn’t call Kyle Harrison’s performance “getting shelled”, but it wasn’t great. Blake Aita, on the other hand... Worcester, Game 1: L, 2-5 (BOX SCORE) Kyle Harrison was trotted out to begin this double-header against the Mets... he did not look great, giving up runs in each of the … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 7/2: Franklin Arias homers, Masataka Yoshida begins rehab

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Like Superman. Or maybe the Jedi. Masataka Yoshida has been a forgotten man. After two solid enough seasons slashing .285/.343/.433 and putting up 1.4 bWAR in each of 2023 and 2024, Yoshida came into Spring Training without a position. The outfield, where Masa is limited to left, was full with Jarren Duran, Ceddanne … [Read more...] about Masataka Yoshida returns… at first base?

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Last night was bad, but it could have been even worse. In the seventh inning of last night’s ghastly loss to the Reds, Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a game changing, go-ahead, grand slam that nearly hit the Pod On Lansdowne studios after sailing Over The Monster — And yet, it was his at-bat the following inning that nearly … [Read more...] about The Red Sox nearly lost Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer to injury because they lead the league in dumb baseball

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images After an off day on Thursday, the Sox will visit the Nationals in the nation’s capital. On paper, the Sox are approaching what might be the easiest week on the schedule. An off-day going into a three game series in Washington against the Nationals followed by a return home to play the Colorado Rockies, who are currently on pace to … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 7/3: Time to march on Washington