Category Archives: The Rivalry

Should the Sox Be Targeting Signing Joe Mauer When He Hits Free Agency?

I was just watching the Sox defeat Minnesota.  In the 9th inning of that game, Joe Mauer hit a two run pinch hit home fun.  His stats over 22 games are insane. 

Avg: .438
HR: 10
RBI: 29
OBP: .525

As he’s rounding the bases after his homer, Dave Roberts comments “Is he the best [...]

The Yankees are a mess

As much as I hate to dedicate an entire blog post to picking on the Red Sox archenemy, I’m going to because The Yankees are not just a team that is in some disarray, but they’re an organization that appears to be totally screwed up from top to bottom.
On the field
Their catcher just went on [...]

That. Was. Awesome!!!!

I thought of a lot of titles for this post.  In the end “That was awesome!” was the best way to describe the 3 game spanking the Red Sox put on the Yankees this past weekend.  Simply put, it was the best set of Sox-Yankees’ games (from a Sox fan perspective) since the comeback in [...]

Yet another classic in The Rivalry

Four hours, 21 minutes.  Eleven innings.  Just another typical battle between the Red Sox and Yankees.  There’s 17 more of these to go this year?  To be honest, it will be hard for another 2009 game between these teams to be better than last night’s game.  In fact, we’re only at game 16, but there [...]