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Boston Red Sox: Can Fresh and Refreshed faces trigger bounce-back?

February 23, 2021 Greg Desrosiers Baseball, Team Contributors

Pitchers and catchers are playing catch, and position players are taking hacks and shagging fly balls. Spring training has arrived (on-time, at that!) and it’s time to welcome new faces into the Red Sox clubhouse and wonder if any of

What does 2021 have in store for the AL East?

January 24, 2021 Mark Strange Baseball, Guest writer

It seems like a lifetime ago since I watched Blake Snell (and later Justin Turner for different reasons) slouch off the field at Globe Life Park in Arlington in Game Six of the World Series. It was the closest the

The Return of Cora

November 16, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Jack Hinchliff is making his BFN debut. Yet to find a team to follow, why not hit him up on Twitter and peddle your team to him? Do Damage! Do Damage! A slogan that epitomises the all-conquering 2018 Boston Red Sox and their first year manager

A tale worthy of the Bard himself

August 14, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

It is Friday 14 August 2020. We are about one-third of the way through this bizarre season. For many reasons, 2020 has not been a good year, so we are in need of an upbeat, feel-good news story. And they

Bartolo Colon – The secret weapon to fix the Red Sox Rotation

July 30, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Team Contributors

The Red Sox lost two of three games to open the season against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles were last seen losing in the AL Wildcard in 2016, although they probably kept playing and losing since then. It’s hard to

Review of the Red Sox Opening Home Stand

July 30, 2020 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

Well, the Red Sox opening home stretch is over and I think it’s safe to say that it was not as bad as we’d feared. It was worse. Much, much worse. Much had been said in the offseason and Spring

Toronto Blue Jays: How to sabotage the AL East

March 21, 2020 Jack Ramsden Baseball, Team Contributors

[Note: Whilst drafting this COVID-19 has put the entire upcoming MLB season in serious doubt. Whilst the following may not even be relevant now and feels kind of pointless given the seriousness of the pandemic, I hope this post at

The NeverEnding Story IV: The Boston Red Sox Investigation

March 16, 2020 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

What do the dates 12 November 2019 and 7 January 2020 have in common? It was 12 November that the Athletic broke the story about the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, a few days after which Major League Baseball announced a

A look at Red Sox draft picks.

March 5, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Spring Training is in full swing now but we’re still waiting to see how far behind Chris Sale is on the season (Ed – News just out, looks like he’s avoiding TJ…for now.) and if the inquiry into the Red

Would Wil Myers to the Red Sox make sense?

March 4, 2020 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

There are trades that make sense from a baseball point of view; there are trades that make sense from an economic point of view. Does the potential Wil Myers trade to the Red Sox make sense from either standpoint? My