Red Sox vs. Yankees. It’s a battle of light vs. darkness. Of good vs. evil. Of life vs. death itself. Except the Yankees aren’t even as evil as the Rays anymore. They’re less of an immediate threat than the O’s or Blue Jays. They don’t give us the same sense of “jilted lover” as the […]
Day: April 13, 2015
Tommy Layne to Lead the Way as Bullpen Lefty
If a position player gets dinged up or needs a couple of days to fix his swing in the cage, there is normally at least one other player on the roster capable of taking over his position for a game or two. If a starting pitcher loses a pitch or develops a mechanical flaw, some progress […]
BP Boston Unfiltered: Exploring How Much Time You Wasted Watching Friday's Game
On Friday night, the Red Sox and Yankees played a baseball game that officially lasted six hours and forty-nine minutes. That doesn’t fully do this game justice, though. That’s because in the 12th inning of the marathon 19-inning affair, the light towers behind home plate went dark causing the umpires to stop play despite the […]