It’s a great time to be a Sox fan. Swept the Braves, swept the Nationals, swept the Phillies and taken the first two of three against the Mets. Count ‘em folks, that’s an 11 game winning streak, the longest in the majors and puts us 3 and change up on the Yankees.
Yesterday’s game also saw […]

Well, the Sox are in a bit of a winning streak at the moment. Swept the Braves and the Nationals and have taken the first two against the Phillies. Long may it run.
I caught the first game against the Phillies and once again all sectors were firing in unison. Beckett was first rate on the […]

Well… up and down can be the only way to describe Sox fortunes at the moment. Heading out to Minnesota to play three against the Twins, they got swept. Heading over to Atlanta to play the Braves, they took all 3 games. Add to that a first game win at Fenway over the Nationals and […]

Do you remember Dick Turpin? Not the TV show with Richard O’Sullivan but the historical highwayman. Adam and the Ants? Stand and Deliver? Yeah, you can see where this is going.
Once upon a time you could navigate the high street of any city centre without looking like the proverbial rabbit caught in the headlights, dodging […]

Some games you’re really glad you didn’t miss and the first half of a day/day doubleheader against the Rangers was one such game. Pretty even most of the way round (Beckett struggled early as he always seems to these days) and by the bottom of the ninth the Sox were down 4-2.
Willie Harris grounds out […]

It was like I was saying… there’s only really Schilling and Papelbon doing anything for us at the minute.
Proven once again as the Sox take a 9-3 win with Schilling going 8 strong innings and Papelbon closing out the win.
In fairness Schilling struggled for the first 5 innings giving up three solo home runs, but […]

Thankfully the rains came and forced the postponement of the third of four against the Yanks.
Having lost the first two I can’t get the word sweep out of my mind. And what’s more, the poor performances against the Empire has dropped us a game and a half behind them, and only one game up on […]

Having just taken 2 from 3 against the Tigers (who are having a resurgent year this year) I awaited the arrival of the Sox in the Bronx with some anticipation.
Beckett was back on the mound, and despite having a rough outing last time, I was fully expecting him to bounce right back. All winter (and […]

Sometimes staying the distance with a game really pays off as last night a two run homer from Youk in the 9th gave the Sox the lead for the first time in the game (and shortly thereafter the win).
In a huge ballpark where Papi’s best failed to get out, Youk’s shot was a monster and […]

So went the advertising slogan that was all over the television a couple of years back. New Tax Credits… it’s money with your name on it. Like many millions of others I took this falsehood at face value and signed up upon the dotted line. Lo and behold a few short weeks later money began […]