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Red Sox fizzle out at rainy Fenway

After another excruciating defeat — Boston’s 10th by one run, the most in the American League so far this season — de facto team captain Dustin Pedroia headed into the manager’s office, which is not part of his usual postgame routine. Fireworks? Hardly. For one thing, John Farrell’s door remained open, which is not the […]

Chris Sale over Pedro Martinez? Lefty has been so good, even Petey’s impressed

The franchise-altering deal was a lopsided win for Boston. In seven seasons, Martinez delivered a World Series championship to the starved franchise and won two American League Cy Young Awards — finishing second in voting two other times. Since then, a host of big-name trades and acquisitions have followed and none have prospered in Boston […]

The streak is over, but Jackie Bradley Jr. is still bringing a huge dose of energy

During Bradley’s lengthy stretch of sub-.200 hitting in 2015, former South Carolina coach-turned-athletic director Ray Tanner reached out with regular texts and phone calls to inquire about the kid’s mental state. He was always available with an encouraging word or an offer to listen in the event that all those 4-3 rollovers and soft pop […]

Strange But True Postseason Feats of 2015

The team that lost the World Series was the team that always seemed to be winning. … Whereas the team that won the World Series was the team that apparently decided holding a lead before the eighth inning was overrated. … Not to mention … The most dominant slugger of the 2015 postseason was a […]

Why the Braves made Freddie Freeman their new Chipper Jones

Over a span of nine months in 2014, Salt and Pepper received an education in how economics can trump sentiment in the big picture. Here are some of the highlights from ESPN’s MLB coverage. Teams answer nagging questions » The Brewers emerge » Astros rule power rankings » Insider: Why this week matters » Béisbol […]

What does this weekend showdown mean for the Red Sox and Yankees?

Jump to what the series means for: Red Sox | Yankees Only 20 days ago, after the Boston Red Sox fell 10 games under .500 and a season-worst 10 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, it appeared a given that the next meaningful game at Fenway Park would come in […]

Kluber brings his 2019 baggage to a new ballpark in Texas

While it might seem obvious to give Kluber the proverbial “mulligan” and trust him again, some will view the changing of his home ballpark from Cleveland’s Progressive Field to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (which is still under construction) as an issue. Perhaps it will be, but we need years of data […]

Farrell: Xander, Will, JBJ ‘our guys’

That’s the loudest message resonating these days from Yawkey Way, communicated here by Red Sox manager John Farrell this week in a way that left no room for mistaking the meaning. It wasn’t, “These are our guys for now.” Or, “These are our guys until someone better comes along.” Or, “How did I get stuck […]

Allen Craig in, Shane Victorino out

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny altered his original lineup for Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, dropping first baseman Matt Adams for Craig, who is batting .444 (4-for-9) in the Series but is still suffering the effects of stretched ligaments in his left foot. Craig, who doubled off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and […]

Faceless of the Game: Where have all the MLB superstars gone?

We raise this question because, as a new baseball season begins this week, there is no answer to the once-simple question: Who is the Face of Baseball? The NBA is the LeBron and Steph Show. The NFL has Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and an army of rock-star quarterbacks. But baseball? On one level, it seems […]