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When It’s All Over, Don’t Let Red Sox Tell You Nobody Believed
Originally published Feb. 24, 2026 on Newsweek.com As usual, it’s another late winter in Boston, and the Red Sox are insisting they have all the pieces to contend. “There’s no ceiling on the 2026 Boston Red Sox,” team CEO Sam Kennedy said earlier this month, per MLB.com’s Ian Browne. “This group, if things come together, and we…
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Mike Trout Didn’t Fade Away; We’ve Taken Him for Granted
Originally published Nov. 7, 2025 on Newsweek.com On an unassuming suburban baseball field in 2009, two promising teenagers wielded their bats for a small collection of scouts. One, a highly touted parochial prospect, had been on the MLB draft radar for some time. His agreement to take part in this showcase came with stipulations: only…
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‘Japan’s Red Sox’ Just Broke Funniest Curse In Sports
Originally published Nov. 8, 2023 on NESN.com Star-crossed baseball franchises aren’t unique to Boston. Across the Pacific Ocean, there’s another team with its own history of ineptitude stemming from a paunchy man with a penchant for fast food. Meet “The Curse of the Colonel,” Japan’s version of “The Curse of the Bambino.” Or, actually, bid…
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Tim Wakefield Was Sports Hero You Want All Sports Heroes To Be
Originally published Oct. 2, 2023 on NESN.com Sports can be a dirty world. In the era of Coach Prime and AAU, what was once the ultimate classroom for cooperation and sacrifice has too often become a me-first environment, where every triumph by your teammate is taken as a threat to your next contract, scholarship or…
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Terry Francona Changed Everything For Curse-Stricken Red Sox
Originally published Sept. 27, 2023 on NESN.com Before Terry Francona came to Boston, there wasn’t exactly darkness, but there wasn’t a whole lot of shining light, either. It’s difficult to sufficiently describe the feeling of being a Red Sox fan who was in the demographic of younger Generation Xers and older Millennials in the winter…