Tag: world series
Boston Sports Nirvana Hits the Hub
If you checked the Boston news or newspapers this morning (May 4th 2010) you would have seen what some in Boston would consider sports nirvana. The Celtics won their playoff game against a Cavaliers team that looked downright unbeatable the other day. The Bruins have taken a 2-0 lead in the playoffs against the Flyers […]
Wander No-Mah: Garciaparra Signs, Retires with Red Sox
After five and a half years away from Boston, Nomar Garciaparra, returned to the Red Sox yesterday, if only for a few hours. The legendary shortstop, whose first name (pronounced, affectionately, No-mah) was once synonymous with Boston baseball, announced his retirement shortly after signing a minor league contract with the Red Sox. In a jovial […]
But How Will They Wear The Rings?
Derek Jeter has a fist fulla rings.So too do Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettite. Once again: each man, to himself, has a full hand-worth of rings. World Series rings. To put that in perspective, each player has won as many championships as all but five franchises—Cardinals, Dodgers, Athletics, Red Sox, and, of course, […]
In Defense of Pedro: Debunking the Media’s Anti-Martinez Slander
Sports are inherently competitive, with teams battling back and forth to prove who is best. This competition, when inflated by fervency, manifests itself not only as a wish for one team to win, but also as a sadistic desire for the other to fail, to be humiliated, crushed, obliterated, maliciously pantsed in front of the […]
Red Sox Postseason Preview: Five Questions Crucial to Playoff Success
It seems like every October, the Red Sox find themselves once again matched up in the ALDS against the Angels and their fast-paced, small ball ethos. If history is any indicator, the Sox should have no problem vanquishing their familiar foe—they sent the Angels packing in round one in ’04, ’07, and ’08—and moving on […]
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