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The St. Louis Cardinals made relatively easy work of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS this year, winning the series in six games and finishing the job with a 9-0 thumping in Game 6. Traditionalists would argue that the Cardinals were simply the …
Dan Shaughnessy, a Boston Globe writer who has drawn the ire of Boston fans for a number of years for his obsession with writing pessimistic articles, summed up the 2013 Boston Red Sox on Thursday morning the only way he knew how. “Nobody saw …
The Boston Red Sox won their third World Series title in the past 10 seasons on Wednesday night, but that didn’t stop fans from celebrating like it was the first championship they had ever seen. Multiple arrests have been made and at least one …
Had it not been for a series of injuries, the Boston Red Sox may not have had the best closer in all of baseball this year. You could easily make the argument that the Red Sox would not have won the World Series without Koji Uehara. And if they …
Your browser does not support iframes. The Boston Red Sox completed a huge turnaround, going from last in the AL East last season to winning the World Series this year. They switched managers, dumped their big contracts and brought in several key …
Call it a coincidence or call it a well-received wakeup call. The fact of the matter is the Boston Red Sox have not trailed in the World Series since David Ortiz gathered his teammates together in the dugout during Game 4. It was the 5th inning with …
Adam Wainwright is pretty much the definition of an ace pitcher. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball in 2009 and 2010, and he was one of the best in 2012 and this season after returning from surgery in 2011. He was light’s out in the …
Your browser does not support iframes. Maybe Boston Red Sox cloer Koji Uehara would have retired St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran for the final out of Game 4 of the World Series and preserved the win. Maybe Beltran would have found a way …
Your browser does not support iframes. Sometimes in baseball things have a way of working themselves out, and that has been the case on numerous occasions for the 2013 Boston Red Sox. Hours before Game 4 of the World Series against the St. Louis …
Your browser does not support iframes. One of the most controversial calls in recent memory gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night. Umpire Jim Joyce, who notoriously screwed up …
The Boston Red Sox somewhat resembled the St. Louis Cardinals during Game 2 of the World Series. After taking a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on David Ortiz’s 2-run home run, the Sox gave it right back the next inning. St. Louis …
UPDATE: Cardinals GM John Mozeliak shares his thoughts on Jon Lester’s glove. The internet is accusing Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester of cheating during his impressive performance in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night. A number of …
UPDATE (12:15 p.m.): An MLB official has addressed the Lester accusations. UPDATE (1:02 p.m.): Cardinals GM John Mozeliak shares his thought’s on Lester’s glove. Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester turned in a phenomenal outing against the …
Your browser does not support iframes. Carlos Beltran robbed David Ortiz of a grand slam in the second inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday to save three runs, but the excellent defensive play came at a cost. The St. Louis Cardinals …
As if allowing three runs in the bottom of the first in Game 1 of the World Series wasn’t already a bad enough sign for the St. Louis Cardinals, they committed a mistake in the second that seemed to confirm it really wasn’t their game. …
The umpiring crew for Game 1 of the World Series in Boston correctly overturned a terrible call made by second base umpire Dana Demuth in the first inning of the game, which actually gave the Red Sox an extra run. The Red Sox had runners on first and …
