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Monday Quickie - What's wrong?

 ok yes everything but nothing has gone right for this squad since early June.  At one point they were 30-33, then went on a 20-53 stretch.  The last 5-1 brings it up to 25-54 which is just over a 50 win pace for a season. Yikes.  You can't blame the firings - Davey and Rizzo were gone in the middle of this. You can't blame the trade deadline. Yeah it made the team weaker but they aren't losing squeakers because of a weakened pen.  Here are some 2nd half splits  B...

Roman Anthony Agrees To 8/130 Extension; Two Actual Nicknames!

  The Red Sox signed outfielder Roman Anthony to an eight-year extension worth $130 million . Anthony, who turned 21 in May, made his debut on June 9. In 47 games, he's slashing .276/.392/.417 for an .809 OPS (126+ OPS, 5th best on the team). His .392 on-base is tops on the team. Molly Burkhardt (mlb.com) reports : The extension will begin with the 2026 season and includes escalators that could bring the overall value up to $230 million. The deal includes a 2034 club option for $30 millio...

EMERGENCY FIRING POST

DAVEY OUT!  RIZZO OUT! The  Post if you have it What was the final straw? You'd have to assume the lifeless play in the past month+  9-23 since the end of May.  The team looks bad. The feeling around the team is bad.  More tomorrow later tonight.  Too much to wait until tomorrow but you know I got kids stuff to do right now Ed Note- internet down and my cell reception at my house is spotty so nothing more tonight   Ed Note 2 - It's back! 

10,000 Wins

The Red Sox beat the Nationals 10-3 on Saturday afternoon, evening their record at 45-45. It was the franchise's 10,000th regular season victory. Boston is the second American League team and the tenth major league team to reach 10,000 wins. The franchise has 108 postseason wins. Here are the franchises with more than 5,000 wins, as of a few days ago. Also: The second-longest World Series championship drought is 56 years, held by the Brewers and Padres .  . . . Weird.

Schadenfreude 362 (A Continuing Series)

Since May 29, the MFY have the worst record in the AL East: 13-19. Blue Jays   21  10 Rays    19 12 Orioles  18  13 Red Sox  16 14 Yankees  13  19 They were just swept by the now-in-first-place Blue Jays, who scored 36 runs in the four games. Toronto has not been in first place this "late" in a season since 2016 . OH SHIT . . .  BUFFY GOT THE BROOM OUT ! And he waved it  in the eminently punchable face of the pompously annoying Michael Kay...

Wilyer Abreu Cracks Inside-The-Park HR And A Grand Slam (Only 6th Time In MLB History)

Wilyer Abreu led off the bottom of the fifth with an inside-the-park home run . Three innings later, he donged the first grand slam of his career. The Red Sox rode a seven-run first inning to a 13-6 victory. Abreu became only the sixth player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in a game -- and the first player to do it in 67 years. The others : June 5, 1890 - Jocko Fields, Pittsburgh Burghers (Players League) July 4, 1923 (G1) - Everett Scott, Yankees August 4, 1930 - Charlie ...

Schadenfreude 361 (A Continuing Series)

The Red Sox have a 10-5 record in the month of June, with five of those 10 victories against the Yankees. June 7: Red Sox 10, MFY 7 June 8: Red Sox 11, MFY 7 June 13: Red Sox 2, MFY 1 (10) June 14: Red Sox 4, MFY 3 June 15: Red Sox 2, MFY 0 The 2-0 shutout on Father's Day turned the MFY bats into wet noodles. With subsequent losses to the Angels, 1-0 (11) and 4-0, the Yankees have not scored a run in their last 29 innings. As you can see below, that's a grand total of four runs in their last f...

Monday Quickie - Fire Davey

Fire Davey.   The man can't help but blame the players and I don't want that type of guy leading this team.  Maybe a veteran team can ignore him or maybe he wouldn't dare anger those guys, but this isn't a veteran team. It's a team of kids and they need someone to support and shield them.   There are numerous reasons to fire the guy. His behavior this weekend pushes that all aside to get to number 1. Even if you landed on "well he won the series and changing the manage...

WTF: Rafael Devers Traded To Giants

The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in exchange for pitchers Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison and a pair of prospects (outfielder James Tibbs III and pitcher Jose Bello). The teams had been discussing a Devers deal for the past few weeks. Devers, in his ninth season with the club, had been the last member of the 2018 World Champions still in a Boston uniform. He's also in the second year of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract. Initial news of the trade st...

Red Sox City Connect Jerseys vs the ’70s Pullovers

Don’t get me wrong: I love the new Monster-inspired Red Sox City Connect jerseys and my wallet’s about 400 bucks lighter after buying a few ... The post Red Sox City Connect Jerseys vs the ’70s Pullovers appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Will I Do Shit?

 I think the answer is yes, mainly in the form of photo-type galleries. Like when I go to Fenway or something. Or maybe some retro-galleries. Stay tuned! (He said to basically nobody but whatever!)

Alex Bregman to Wear Number 2 for Red Sox

Well, we wanted to see Red Sox ownership shake things up as we head into spring training, and they delivered. Alex Bregman will be our ... The post Alex Bregman to Wear Number 2 for Red Sox appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Blue Skies

RSNStats has been on Bluesky for about a year now. The live stream of stats during Red Sox games appeared there, as on X/Twitter and Mastodon, all throughout the 2024 season. Recently, Bluesky has heated up, with tons of new folks joining. I’ve been thrilled to be a part of that and to participate in […] The post Blue Skies appeared first on RSNStats .

That Souvenir Sign on Lansdowne…

I’m old enough to remember when the area around Fenway Park was pretty barren. There were a few nightclubs on Lansdowne. A McDonald’s and BK ... The post That Souvenir Sign on Lansdowne… appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Me and October Baseball: A Love Story

It’s October. Which is awesome. Because October Baseball is happening. And everyone knows that October Baseball (always capitalized) is the best baseball. And Red Sox ... The post Me and October Baseball: A Love Story appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Sox season ends where it began

Every spring, at 0-0 before Opening Day, hope is the common denominator for all baseball teams. Hope that this will be the year. But the Red Sox didn’t start with reasonable expectations of going all the way in 2024. No doubt, there was hope in corners of Sox Nation, but Vegas oddsmakers back in February […] The post Sox season ends where it began appeared first on RSNStats .

Saying Goodbye to Joe Castiglione

Joe Castiglione’s voice was a gift. It was the sound of summer pouring out of your radio. It was hot dogs and sunshine and the ... The post Saying Goodbye to Joe Castiglione appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Duran Sees 20/20

Among his many feats this year, Jarren Duran notched his first career 20/20 season, with 21 home runs and 34 stolen bases as of this writing. It is the first 20/20 Boston campaign since Mookie Betts in 2018 (32 home runs, 30 stolen bases). Duran is one of 19 Major Leaguers to reach a 20/20 […] The post Duran Sees 20/20 appeared first on RSNStats .

Sox Eliminated, Again

For a third straight year the Red Sox have been eliminated from postseason play. It happened Wednesday with a loss in the team’s final road game of the season. Boston was essentially out of the race much earlier, of course, in large measure due to a bizarrely long late-season offensive slump that kept them from […] The post Sox Eliminated, Again appeared first on RSNStats .

Danny Jansen: the new Rick Aguilera?

Yesterday, Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen made baseball history, becoming the first player to play for both teams in one game. Jansen was at bat ... The post Danny Jansen: the new Rick Aguilera? appeared first on Surviving Grady .

Close Shaves

This time of year, as the runway of games left dwindles down, you especially rue the near-misses, the games that looked like wins but turned into losses. That was the case earlier this week when the Red Sox let a three-game sweep of the Rangers slip away in a back-and-forth affair that ended in a […] The post Close Shaves appeared first on RSNStats .