The Boston Red Sox whomped the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on the strength of a stellar performance by pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka.  Dice-K worked 8 innings, giving up only 1 hit and striking out 9.
Matsuzaka (2-2) was sharp in his last showing, throwing seven scoreless innings in a win Monday against Toronto, and he kept [...]

It’s early…very early in the 2011 MLB season.  However, the Boston Red Sox have managed to stink up the joint on an historic level.  At 2-10, what is possibly the most successful franchise of this young 21st century has just matched its own record for futility.  And quite honestly, if you’re a fan of the [...]

Sure, it’s early.  Everyone knows that.  However, when a team goes from being a potential World Series favorite to 0-6 the first week of the season, eyebrows get raised.  That’s just all there is to it.  The Boston Red Sox have a $161.8 million payroll.  One, they hoped, would take them back to championship in [...]

Major League Baseball has been setting new attendance records year after year as of late.  However, if you take some of the photos being released the past few days to heart, that streak might end this season.  A slew of photos have come out showing half to 3/4 empty stadiums around the league, even for [...]

Several Japanese baseball players have stated that their families in Japan are fine after a massive 8.9 earthquake yesterday.  According to ESPN:
Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka realized something was wrong when he awoke Friday morning and saw the number of missed calls and e-mails on his phone.He then learned, he said, of the 8.9-magnitude [...]

Pitcher Josh Beckett of the Boston Red Sox is either very fortunate or one of the unluckiest MLB players to step on the diamond.  According to CBS, for the second time during this very early spring training season, Beckett was hit in the head by a baseball.  The fortunate part is that he wasn’t injured [...]

It’s been a loonngg off season, hasn’t it?  You’ve been itching to pull out ye olde computer and pour over OBPs of left-handed batters with pitchers in scoring position and the number of RBI(s) Albert Pujols had on any day game where Ketchup won the condiment race on the Jumbotron.  So here are the guys [...]

Spring training is here, baby!  And we’re loading up on news and rumors from around the majors.
The Los Angeles Angels went 80-82 last season and missed the playoffs for the second time in seven seasons.  Not bad.  But how are going to put together a winning season this time around.  Doug Mead asks 10 Questions [...]

The Boston Red Sox signed former Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Carl Crawford to a 7 year deal worth $142 million dollars on Wednesday night.
The move goes to show the worldwide economic meltdown hasn’t hit the BoS0x in any way.
Crawford becomes the first player to get a 9 figure salary who has never hit 20 [...]

Boston Red Sox designated roider David Ortiz is being sued by the current king of Harlem and rap Jay-Z for naming a club in his native Dominican Republic after Hova’s line of 40/40 clubs that Z  originally started in Manhattan.
I’m sure it didn’t help matters that Z is a New York native and major Yankees [...]