On Friday night, the Red Sox played the longest game in their history: a, nearly 7-hour, 19-inning, 6-5 victory over the Yankees. In a game in which so many details ultimately blend together or stick out — Mike Napoli went 0-8! — there were two otherwise innocuous pitches out of 627, both on 2-0, that […]
Author: Bryan Joiner
Turning Twosday: Mookie and Clay, Survivors of Game 162
[Editor’s note: Turning Twosday is a weekly column from Bryan Joiner in which Bryan explores two players/events/themes, related or unrelated, within the Red Sox universe. Yes, this site is launching on a Wednesday, but Monday’s game was too damn fun not to have Bryan write about, and so here we are. Enjoy!] It was an inauspicious start […]