Category: Morning Links

Playoff hockey begins tonight at the Garden for the Bruins, as they begin their first round series with their hated nemesis from the North, the Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins playoff futility is well-documented. Can this team put the scars of last year's playoff nightmare behind them? We're about to find out. Put on repeat: Bruins will … Continue reading Will This Year Be Different For The Bruins?

In what is quickly becoming a lost month, the Red Sox fell once again last night, this time losing 3-2 to the Tampa Rays. The Red Sox are now an MLB-worst 2-9 on the season. Catch up with the full coverage over at RedSoxLinks.com. If you think tonight is the night they put things together, … Continue reading Red Sox Still Cannot Break Through, Now MLB-Worst 2-9

The Red Sox were unable to sustain any momentum they may have started with Josh Beckett's sparkling performance, as they got bombed by the previously hapless Tampa Rays 16-5 at Fenway Park last night. Get all the depressing coverage at RedSoxLinks.com. The Celtics made the decision to concede the #2 seed in the East, and … Continue reading Sox Can’t Keep It Going

At one point during last night's ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecast, play-by-play man Dan Shulman made the observation that this is a great time for Boston sports fans. He pointed out that that Bruins and Celtics are both going to the playoffs, and that the Red Sox season is just getting underway. Such a comment … Continue reading Beckett Dominant As Sox Beat Yankees

0-6. This has the potential to get really ugly this weekend, as the New York Yankees arrive in town to face the Red Sox for their opening series at Fenway Park. Worse, tomorrow's game and Sunday's night's games will be broadcast to a national audience via FOX and ESPN respectively. The Yankees would like nothing … Continue reading 0-6 Red Sox Look To Turn Things Around in Home Opener

Can they possibly be this bad? I don't think so, but with each ugly loss in which you felt they had no chance of coming back and winning, or that they could even win the next game, confidence fades on what is such a promising 2011 season for the Boston Red Sox. Yes, they lost … Continue reading Nothing Left To Say About Sox

For the first three games of the season, it was the pitching that did in the Red Sox, as they were battered by the Texas Rangers lineup. Last night in Cleveland, the Red Sox got decent pitching, but couldn't hit, and dropped their fourth straight game to begin season, losing 3-1 to the Indians. Get … Continue reading Sad Sack Sox Still Can’t Win

The winless Red Sox look to Josh Beckett to turn their fortunes around tonight in Cleveland as they begin a three game series with the Indians. Winless Red Sox turn to Josh Beckett - Gordon Edes says that the Sox put Beckett fourth in the rotation to ease him in after a rough 2010 season, but … Continue reading Sox Seek First Win

The Texas Rangers looked very much like a squad out to remind everyone, especially the much-hyped Red Sox, that they are the reigning American League champions. They pounded Red Sox pitching in all three games this weekend, sweeping the season opening series for both teams. Get the full coverage at RedSoxLinks.com. Dan Shaughnessy can have … Continue reading Lost Opening Weekend For Sox, Celtics Get Shaq, Lose Shaq

If you woke up  to layers of snow in New England this morning, you'd have been hard pressed to believe that the Red Sox open their 2011 season this afternoon. We can at least be thankful that this season, the MLB schedulemakers decided not to have the Red Sox open up at Fenway Park. The Red Sox … Continue reading It’s Opening Day! (No, Really)