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You certainly didn’t miss this first entry. Philip Humber mowed down the Seattle Mariners and tossed the twenty-first perfect game in Major League Baseball history. Humber needed only 96 pitches to complete the task. He threw 67 strikes and struck out nine batters, including the drama of a dropped third strike to close out history.
Humber’s effort helped to cover (at least on a small level) the epic meltdown in Boston, where the Red Sox blew a nine-run lead and lost 15-9 to the hated Yankees. Bobby Valentine was quoted as saying that the team had “hit bottom.” He said the team had “hit bottom” on April 21? What’s the acronym of NFL again? Mother Nature stepped in on behalf of the Red Sox and forced the postponement of the series...
It was just a matter of time before Adam Jones picked up his 30th homer of the season. Jones hit a full-count slider over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Wednesday to give the Orioles a 3-1 victory and their first sweep... more »
To do something historic, you need a few little miracles. This certainly qualified. Ryan Howard taking Josh Edgin deep is at least a small miracle, if not even some class of sorcery. Edgin, who had dominated left-handed hitters ... more »
Baseball and the Red Sox have occupied a meaningful place in my life for about as long as I can remember, and it's out of tradition and habit that a season's pending end comes with a tinge of melancholy. No matter whether the... more »
During a simulated tour of the American League East, Andy Pettitte pitched in empty stadiums in St. Petersburg, Fla., Baltimore and Boston, all the while aching to be part of a real game in a stadium packed with boisterous... more »
Once this season ends, the Red Sox need to make a quick decision on whether to keep or fire Bobby Valentine, and if the answer is that he’s gone, they need to make an equally quick decision on who replaces him. The team can... more »
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