By Kevin Flanagan
BSD Senior Staff Writer
The once glowing embers of the hot stove that used to serve as fuel to get Red Sox fans through the dark and dank New England winters have now become a hot, steaming mess as the franchise that calls Fenway Park home heads into spring training as baseball’s version of the headless horseman.
Less than a year after their most successful season the Red Sox road to nowhere continues its rapid decent
By Kevin Flanagan
BSD Senior Staff Writer
As the Astros and the Yankees – the two teams the Red Sox pummeled on their way to dismantling the Dodgers in the World Series just a year ago – prepare for Game 6 of the ALCS in Houston on Saturday night, the club that calls Fenway Park home continues to resemble the headless horseman as Halloween rapidly approaches.
Over a...
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The arrogant approach the Sox took in the spring has resulted in a lost season for a team that had legitimate chance to repeat
By Kevin Flanagan
BSD Bruins Senior Staff Writer
“Turn out the lights, the party’s over.” – Willie Nelson
When it comes to the 2019 Boston Red Sox, the party never really began as they lollygagged into the pathetic excuse for a World Series title defense that has been this lost season.
The warning signs pointing towards the disaster that has been the first four months-plus of the slog through...
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Sox somewhat unexpected surge has put the pressure on Dombrowski to deliver a closer at the deadline
By Kevin Flanagan
BSD Senior Staff Writer
When the Red Sox limped out of Baltimore last Sunday – losers of two of three to an Orioles team that is vying for the not so coveted title as the worst team in baseball – only the most laundry loving baseball fan in Boston actually believed that second-year manager Alex Cora’s exceptionally pampered club had a chance to defend...
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