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Summary of World Baseball Classic and Team USA’s progress

Special Guest, Jay, returns to discuss 61*. It’s the story of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris chasing Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1961.

Give it a watch and let us know what you think!

The thaw in the northeast is hopefully upon us!  

The Red Sox are back at JetBlue Park.  Garrett Crochet, Roman Anthony, Trevor Story and Co. are getting off to a good start and we’re excited to watch the 2026 roster take shape.

There’s no Alex Bregman but we have Willson Contreras, Caleb Durban, Sonny Gray, Ranger Suarez and so many more additions to be happy about and Opening Day is just around the corner.

We’ll also recap what a ray of sunshine Joe Castiglione is and the Red Sox participants in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

After almost a full offseason with no Free Agent signings, the Red Sox land Ranger Suarez from the Philadelphia Phillies.

Alex Bregman signs with the Chicago Cubs and the Red Sox identity is still under review.

Can they contend with their new top tier pitching staff or do they need another bat to round out their offense?

Glad to see this movement today!

The story of this offseason:  Go on girl, give us nothing.

162 in review recaps the OTHER free agency activity.

Signing of Kyle Schwarber

Signing of Pete Alonso

Signing of Edwin Diaz

Signing of Kenley Jansen

Signing of Adolis Garcia

even Rich Hill!!

Where are the Red Sox in these conversations?  This is a question we would LOVE an answer to!

AL Cy Young Winner - Tarik Skubal, not Garrett Crochet.  Hear my case for Crochet.

AL Manager of the Year - Stephen Vogt instead of John Schneider.  Like, how?

Toronto Blue Jays make blockbuster signing of Dylan Cease for $210M over 7 years.

The debate between Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso continues.

Will Kristian Campbell return to the Major League roster in 2026?  And if yes, where will he play?

Oh, yeah!  Happy Thanksgiving and have some turkey! You deserve it!

By now we know that the Los Angeles Dodgers have achieved back to back World Series wins to take down the Toronto Blue Jays in a hard fought seven game battle of the wills.

Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Will Smith could not be stopped despite best efforts from Max Scherzer, Kevin Gausman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr and Bo Bichette who played their hearts out.

For the Red Sox, Garrett Crochet is a Cy Young finalist in the American League and Gold Gloves have been awarded to Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu for their performances,

Alex Bregman has opted out of the remaining 2 years of his deal and the Free Agent market grows with Kyle Schwarber, Tarik Skubal and Bo Bichette.

Where will 2026 take us?

Games 4, 5, and 6 of the ALCS

Series is now tied and it all comes down to Game 7 in Toronto to decide it.

Up to this point, we’ve seen Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. awaken, combined with the spectacular performance from Max Scherzer and a grand slam from Eugenio Suarez.

In the NLCS, Shohei Ohtani has THREE HOME RUNS in Game 4 while pitching and getting 10 strikeouts!

Absolutely amazing!

**episode correction: all World Series games will start at 8pm ET

Game 1 - Seattle beats Toronto - 3 to 1.

Kevin Gausman vs. Bryce Miller

A pitcher’s duel for the ages with each pitcher only giving up 2 hits after Seattle’s marathon 15 inning game at home against Detroit using every pitcher EXCEPT Miller.

George Springer has a home run on the first pitch of the game.

Can Cal Raleigh be stopped? He has another home run!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger are all silenced at the Rogers Centre.

Philadelphia Phillies fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers in tragic fashion on a costly error from Orion Kerkering.

Milwaukee Brewers advance to oust the Chicago Cubs in retribution for the departure of Craig Counsell.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the New York Yankees.

And the only MLB team to never appear in the World Series, the Seattle Mariners, with the power of Humpy’s victory in the Salmon Run, triumph in the 15th inning against the Detroit Tigers and Tarik Skubal.  

Aside from the payoffs, we’ll discuss potential free agents for the Boston Red Sox to consider as Craig Breslow, Sam Kennedy and Alex Cora assess the 2025 season.

Seattle Mariners Salmon Run

Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race

After the triumph of Game 1 in Gotham City, the Sox young guns, Brayan Bello and Connelly Early, fall to Carlos Rodon and Cam Schlittler who were unstoppable.  We’re all still deep in our grief over this.  But could this be 2003 all over again?

Who is available in Free Agency to bolster the Boston roster and how will the MLB Playoffs wrap up.

Recap of Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres, LA Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox vs. NY Yankees.

Pitching was the name of the game with Garrett Crochet vs. Max Fried.  

Discipline at the plate from Ceddanne Rafaela, astute base running from Nick Sogard and the pinch hit prowess of Masataka Yoshida but the Red Sox in the lead.

Aroldis Chapman came back from a bases-loaded, no out, bottom of the ninth to close it out.

Will the Red Sox be as lucky in Game 2 with Brayan Bello pitching against Carlos Rodon?  Let’s see!

AHHHH!  The Boston Red Sox are heading to the MLB Postseason for the first time since 2021 on a walkoff hit from Ceddanne Rafaela.

Let’s compare the Red Sox lineup on Opening Day to the Red Sox lineup on the Ending Day of the Regular Season.

 Green Fields of the Mind- as recited by former MLB Commissioner - Bart Giamatti.  Please do yourself a favor, listen to this and feed the soul.

The American League Wild Card is shuffling yet again!  The Red Sox continue to win to maintain their position as the Cleveland Guardians, the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros hang on around them.

Game 2 of the Red Sox against Toronto is on 9/24/25 with Garrett Crochet, reaching a career high inning count this season, facing Max Scherzer.

The Sox have done well this season away from home which is helpful as they took 2 games from Tampa Bay over the weekend and the first one from the Blue Jays.

Can they continue?

Summary of Game 1 - Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Garrett Crochet vs. Drew Rasmussen

Jarren Duran’s season changing home run

Summary of Game 2 - Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Kyle Harrison vs. Adrian Houser

a ninth inning Sox rally full of insurance to take the series.

Who else is in the American League Wild Card Race?  Houston Astros, Cleveland Guardians, and can Toronto maintain their AL East lead with their 4 game losing streak.

Retirement of Clayton Kershaw, Cal Raleigh’s 57th home run and Shohei Ohtani’s offensive tear!

American League wild card shuffling

Red Sox games 1 and 2 against the Athletics.  The rollercoaster of the crushing loss in game 1 to the triumph of game 2 from Nick Sogard.

What a way to end the Sox/Yankees matchups in the regular season.

How will the American League Wild Card shakeout?

Red Sox injury update.

Recap of Red Sox vs. Yankees game 1

Lucas Giolito vs. Luis Gil

Wild Card shuffling in the American League 

Can Brayan Bello turn this around in game 2?

Welcome to the Show, Connelly Early!

What’s Walker Buehler been up to?

Upcoming home stand against the Yankees and the race for the AL Wild Card top spot!

Trevor Story: offensive machine.

Sox recover on their road trip to avoid a sweep in Arizona and Crochet locks up the opener for the Athletics series in California.

Summary of last night’s game (9/5/2025) of the Red Sox loss against the Diamondbacks in Arizona.

Payton Tolle’s performance, Boston’s offensive stumbles and the search for reliable starting pitching as the playoffs near.

What’s up with Jordan Hicks? 

Roman Anthony injury

Red Sox vs. Diamondbacks preview

We will bring you a review of a baseball themed movie each month. This month was Moneyball, a film I hadn’t seen before.

Special guest, husband, Jay, who has seen every movie known to man. 

Join us to hear our take!

Game 2 and Game 3 - Red Sox vs. Pirates

Aroldis Chapman extension - huzzah!

Comparing the 2025 performances of Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen.

8.30.25 - Game 2 lookahead, Red Sox vs. Pirates, Can the Sox retake 2nd place in the AL East?