Tom Sarbanis has followed every season and can recite the stories and statistics good and bad.
Boston Red Sox
Sox a win away from winning World Series
Boston beats St. Louis 3-1, returns home for clincher on Wednesday night.
Red Sox Notebook: Doubront finds time is right for bullpen
Boston’s Felix Doubront, a starter in the regular season, has excelled in the World Series bullpen.
Red Sox coming home for a wild time
Game 6, at Fenway Park, will have an electric, raucous atmosphere.
Series Notebook: Baseball loses to football (on TV)
Game 4 of the World Series fares well in the ratings, but draws less than Green Bay’s NFL win over Minnesota.
SLIDESHOW: Red Sox move closer to a title
Here’s a collection of the best photos and biggest moments from Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, as the Red Sox moved one step closer to a championship.
Papi persuasion: Ortiz applies bat, bark
‘I’m the veteran dude on this team, that’s why I have to say something.’
World Series: Gomes’ homer helps Red Sox pull even
Jonny Gomes, playing for an ailing Shane Victorino, hits a decisive three-run homer in a 4-2 win.
On Baseball: Good call, ump
The Red Sox argued the call that ended Game 3 in St. Louis, but the rules offer little leeway.
World Series Notebook: It’s not 1967 anymore
ST. LOUIS — When the Cardinals and Red Sox met in the 1967 World Series, the average length of the seven games was 2 hours, 22 minutes. How things have changed. The Cardinals’ 5-4 victory in Game 3 lasted 3:54. Game 1 was 3:17, Game 2 was 3:05. Long games have been the norm in […]