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Nonsensical Ejection Caps Off Red Sox-Orioles Beef In Dumbest Way Possible
The Red Sox and Orioles have engaged in quite the skirmish over the past week and change, repeatedly throwing baseballs at each other and glowering just enough to get Rob Manfred to step in and tell them to cool it. By the time the commissioner gets involved in a confrontation like this, it’s usuall...
The Red Sox Need To Chill The Hell Out
No one seems to understand why the drama between the Red Sox and Orioles is still ongoing, but it’s well past time for the Sox to cut the shit....
Manny Machado Repeatedly Curses Red Sox's "Fucking Bullshit," Says He Has No Respect For Organization<em></em>
Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale threw behind Orioles third baseman Manny Machado on the first pitch of his at-bat tonight. Sale’s message was the latest slice of beef that started with Machado sliding into Dustin Pedroia over a week ago. Machado crushed a homer off Sale later in tonight’s game to get hi...
How Not To React To News Of Boston Fan Racism
After Monday’s game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that he had been the fans’ target for racist insults and one thrown bag of peanuts. Jones’s original quotes:...
Red Sox Apologize To Adam Jones For Racist Taunts
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says he dealt with racist insults during last night’s game in Boston, and that one fan threw a bag of peanuts at him. This morning, the Red Sox released an official apology to Jones....
Adam Jones Says Red Sox Fans Taunted Him With Racist Insults
After the Orioles beat the Red Sox in Boston tonight, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said that some Red Sox fans spent the game pelting him with racist insults. As Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, he’s dealt with racism from Red Sox fans before, but tonight was the worst such experience of...
Manny Machado Bashes Huge Homer Over The Green Monster, Takes His Time Admiring It
Manny Machado, who just a few days ago crushed the longest homer of the season so far when he sent a ball flying over the restaurant in the Yankees’ center field, hit another major tater at Fenway tonight, sending Rick Porcello’s 2-2 pitch well over the Green Monster....
Red Sox Flub Stupid Attempt To Follow Dumb Unwritten Rule
The Red Sox gloriously botched an attempt to stupidly retaliate at Manny Machado for a hard slide that unintentionally spiked Dustin Pedroia on Friday. Reliever Matt Barnes tried throwing a 90-mph pitch directly at Machado’s head in the eighth inning......
The Red Sox And Orioles Have A Little Beef After Manny Machado Spiked Dustin Pedroia
Things got heated between the Red Sox and Orioles after last night’s eighth inning, when Dustin Pedroia had to leave the game after being spiked by Manny Machado as he tried to turn a double play....
Former White Sox Pitches Effectively
Former Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale pitched yet another great game today. With his four-seamer and slider in especially nasty form, he put the golden sombrero on José Bautista and struck out 13 Toronto Blue Jays in total over eight scoreless innings in a 4-1 win for the Boston Red Sox. Sale now ...
Mookie Betts Refuses To Strike Out
Mookie Betts, the Boston Red Sox’s star outfielder, hasn’t struck out since Sept. 12 of last year. That’s a streak of 128 plate appearances without a K—the longest since Juan Pierre’s run of 147 whiff-free plate appearances in 2004, according to the Elias Sports Bureau....
Orioles Bludgeon Steven Wright For Four Homers In First Two Innings
Red Sox starting pitcher Steven Wright did not have a good night whatsoever. The knuckleballer’s start lasted just 34 pitches, during which he gave up eight runs and four dingers in the first 1.1 innings. In the first inning alone, Wright gave up six runs and two homers....
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Otis Nixon Is Missing [Update: He's Been Found]
Otis Nixon, a former outfielder who spent 17 seasons on nine Major League teams, most famously on the Atlanta Braves’ worst-to-first turnaround team in 1991, is missing, according to police in Woodstock, Ga....
Pablo Sandoval Mashes Tater, Doesn't Eat It
Pablo Sandoval’s 2016 was the nadir of his career: The Red Sox third baseman played in three games, reached base once in seven plate appearances, and went to the season-ending DL after a shoulder surgery, although he was visibly overweight by his standards and once broke his belt while taking a cut....
Red Sox Come Down With The Sickness
The flu is apparently spreading through the Boston Red Sox’s clubhouse, and it’s taking down some of the team’s major players. ...
Red Sox Fan Acts Like A Jamoke
Is the foul ball worth the dignity you lose while trying to get it? In this instance, probably not....
The Red Sox Have Chris Sale And That's Really All That Matters
This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews....
Here's Some Ominous News About David Price
Spring training is just underway, and Red Sox fans have already been given something to panic about. There’s something wrong with David Price, and although we don’t have any specifics yet, it doesn’t sound good:...
Red Sox Introduce New "Sleep Room" At Fenway Park For Players To Take Better Naps
With teams looking to exploit every possibility for a competitive advantage, it’s not surprising that one basic indicator of physical performance has been getting some more attention lately: sleep. The Red Sox are one team that’s taken notice, and they’re getting really into it. ...