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Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The streak is over! The Red Sox finally won, Marcelo Mayer gave us the GIF of the decade, and Trevor Story did something! What a string of celebrations we have in store. But first, let’s see if Boston can maybe win a series now on the back of Walker Buehler and Carlos Narváez once again batting cleanup. It’s a 4:10 first pitch and will be back … [Read more...] about Game 60: Red Sox vs. Braves

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Well, the excitement of yesterday has already worn off less than 24 hours later (especially for me, who drove to Fayetteville, Arkansas just to watch Kansas baseball go 0-2 in its first regional since 2014). While yesterday’s game subverted our expectations, gave us some amazing highlights, and just brought relative joy to our lives, this game … [Read more...] about Red Sox 0, Braves 5: It was fun while it lasted

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images How bright is the future for the 19-year-old infielder? Greenville is really the Franklin Arias show. The potential for a meteoric rise akin to Kristian Campbell, who himself rose from Greenville to Fenway in twelve months, really shouldn’t be expected, since Campbell played college ball. But we also can’t overlook … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 5/30: Franklin Arias keeps hitting

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Lessons in Red Sox fandom, courtesy of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In an effort to avoid the Big Mess that is the Red Sox, I’ve been learning more about hockey recently, which was a sport I eschewed for most of my life, despite Boston’s very storied hockey history, and despite the fact that the Bruins aren’t in the … [Read more...] about What is baseball without the fans?