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Atlanta Braves acquire washed-up pitcherThe Atlanta Braves are acquiring oft-injured pitcher Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for infielder Vaughn Grissom, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan....

Hail Of Beer Cans At Red Sox Parade Injured One Fan, Got Another Arrested, And Damaged The World Series TrophyVictory parades are one of the few times when a person can get away with drinking in public without getting arrested or making their friends concerned. It’s helpful if you’re famous, too. As the Boston Red Sox made their way along the parade route today, overeager fans who were willing to share thei...

Red Sox Manager Alex Cora At Victory Parade: "We Scored 16 At Yankee Stadium, Suck On It"The Red Sox are holding their championship parade today, and manager Alex Cora had a message for anyone who thought the team was in trouble after dropping Game 2 of the ALDS to the Yankees:...

Red Sox Fans Worship Tom Brady Shirt To Celebrate World Series Win

These people make me sick....

David Price Has Earned Some Peace And Quiet

Every player’s happy to win a championship, but David Price might be the happiest of them all. He’s had to put up with a lot of shit this season. After he pitched seven-plus innings of one-run ball as the Red Sox won Game 5 and closed out the World Series, those criticisms have been practically all ...

The Goddamn Red Sox Won The Goddamn World Series

The Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 of the World Series, making them world champions for the fourth time this century. This is piss....

Dave Roberts Helped The Red Sox Grind The Dodgers Into Dust

After walking Xander Bogaerts and striking out Eduardo Núñez in the top of the seventh, Dodgers starter Rich Hill was pulled by manager Dave Roberts from an outing in which he was tossing a shutout and had allowed just one hit. L.A.’s bullpen then turned a four-run lead into a 9-6 loss, and a World ...

Walker Buehler Is A Goddamn Stud

Max Muncy might have been the hero for the Dodgers in the marathon that was Game 3 of the World Series, but rookie pitcher Walker Buehler was the real star. The 24-year-old showed on Friday that he’s ready to be the next great Los Angeles postseason hero in his seven-inning shutout performance....

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Fucking Max Muncy Won The Longest World Series Game In History

It’s really tough to feel sympathy for goddamn Red Sox fans, but man. Staying up until 3:30 a.m. eastern time only to see minor-league journeyman and Oakland A’s flameout Max Muncy steal a game Boston should have had five innings earlier has got to be rooooooough....

by Megan Greenwell|

|Sat Oct 27 2018

The Only Thing Left To Do Is Yell About The World Series

This can be said in variously Ken Burns-ian tones and with varying degrees of reverence, but October baseball really is different. There is less of it, for one thing, and the few games that remain are more meaningful and more tense, but also everyone is cold and tired and stressed out. In that sense...

by David Roth|

|Thu Oct 25 2018

The Red Sox Are Rolling And It Blows

The Red Sox took a 2–0 lead in the World Series Wednesday night. It is befitting of this hell universe that another Boston sports team is on the cusp of winning a championship....

by Chris Thompson|

|Thu Oct 25 2018

Red Sox Invite 2004 Players To Throw Out Game 2 First Pitch, Except One Guy For Some Reason [Update]

At Game 2 of the World Series tonight, the Red Sox will have players from the 2004 championship team throw out the first pitch. All of Boston’s faves will be there: David Ortiz! Jason Varitek! Even Alan Embree found some time in his busy schedule to make it. One guy who will not be there, because he...

by Samer Kalaf|

|Thu Oct 25 2018

Alex Cora Can Do No Wrong

Through four innings of Game 1 of the World Series, the Dodgers and Red Sox were in basically the same spot. Boston had a 3-2 lead, but neither team’s ace had taken control of the proceedings, and their impending exits foreshadowed a wide-open final five innings. In the fifth inning, both managers s...

by Tom Ley|

|Wed Oct 24 2018

The John Smoltz Urban Legend That Was Too Good To Check

John Smoltz is, at this point in his second career as a color commentator, not really that good at the job. He understands the game well, but he’s also drowsy and grouchy in all the ways that old ballplayers tend to be: checked out and skeptical and reflexively salty about today’s players, grumpily ...

by David Roth|

|Tue Oct 23 2018

Here’s The Best And Loudest Of Dodgers Fans On The Local News

After the Dodgers clinched their spot in the World Series, their fans spent Saturday night partying, and the Los Angeles local news caught up with many of them. One fan couldn’t have put the feeling in the city better: “Woooo, baby! We’re going to the ... yes we are!” ...

by Dan McQuade|

|Mon Oct 22 2018

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