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Concerning the Boston Red Sox On August 22, 2013 we wrote an article called "2013 Red Sox's Last Three Initial Team Objectives." On August 29, 2013 Yahoo! Voices officially published it. You may read the article by clicking on the hyperlink. The Spanish version of this second article is also available on our Spanish blog, which you may access, if you are interested, at the following site. Follow your Red Sox this weekend. They may tie or meet the second of their four initial team objectives this weekend or on Monday! Let's go, Red Sox! P.S. If you want to read the first article written about the four initial team objectives for the Boston Red Sox, you may use this hyperlink. The Spanish version of this first article is also available on our Spanish blog. If interested, look for the entries for days 20-8-13 and 21-8-13 at this site. Ambrose Powell was born and raised in the New England area of the United States. He currently teaches English in Valencia, V

Concerning the Boston Red Sox At the beginning of August 2013, we wrote an article titled "2013 Red Sox's Four Initial Team Objectives." On August 16, 2013 it was officially published by Yahoo! Voices. You may read the article by clicking on this hyperlink. The Spanish version will soon appear on our Spanish blog which you may access, if interested, at the following site:  mediasrojascelticsypatriotas.blogspot.com Let's support our team as it heads towards the end of the season and the 2013 playoffs! Let's go, Red Sox! Ambrose Powell was born and raised in the New England area of the United States. He currently teaches English in Valencia, Venezuela and follows New England professional sports teams from there.  

About the Boston Red Sox Last night, the #BostonRedSox, now half a game back of the Tampa Bay Rays, in  second place in the Eastern Division of the American League  (with a record of 61 wins, 43 losses, and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) composite score of +29.6), lost their game against the Baltimore Orioles, three (3) games back of Boston, and holders of one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (with a record of 58 wins, 46 losses, and a composite UBWS score of +23.7). The final score of the game was    6-0, in favor of Baltimore. The Orioles scored the first two (2) runs of the game in the first inning, by a two-run home run. The Red Sox would not be able to score a run against Baltimore for the rest of the game. The Orioles added a run in the third inning, another run in the fifth inning, by a solo home run, another run in the seventh inning, also by a solo home run. The last run of the game came in on another solo home run in the eighth inning. Boston's

About the Boston Red Sox Yesterday, the #BostonRedSox, Eastern Division leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 61 wins, 41 losses, and a composite UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) score of +32.0), won their game against the Tampa Bay Rays, holders of  one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (now with a record of 59 wins, 42 losses, and a composite UBWS score of +29.2). The final score of the game was    6-2, in favor of Boston. Tampa Bay scored its first run in the top of the second inning, due to a solo home run, and its second run in the top of the fifth inning, also due to a home run with nobody on base. Meanwhile, the Red Sox matched Tampa Bay's first run with one of their own in the bottom of the same inning, followed by another run in the bottom of the third inning, and a third run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Boston's last three (3) runs scored in the eighth inning to ensure the win. Boston's Jon Lester pitched 6.1 good inning

About the Boston Red Sox Yesterday, the #BostonRedSox,  Eastern Division leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 60 wins, 41 losses, and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinStreak) composite score of +31.2), lost their game with the Tampa Bay Rays, holders of one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (now with a record of 59 wins, 41 losses, a UBWS composite score of +30.4, and just a half game behind Boston in the divisional standings). The game's final score was 3-0, in favor of Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay scored two (2) runs, one (1) in the first inning and another (1) in the fifth inning against Brandon Workman, Boston's starter. Matt Moore, the Ray's starter shut out the Red Sox batters, who were maybe still feeling the effects of Sunday's game that ended early Monday morning. Tampa Bay scored its final run in the ninth inning against Boston's reliever, José de la Torre. Red Sox batters managed just two (2) hits, one (1) single each by David Ortiz and

July 21, 2013 About the #BostonRedSox Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox, the Eastern Division Leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 59 wins and 40 losses and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) composite score of +31.6), lost their game to the New York Yankees (now with a record of 52 wins and 45 losses and a UBWS composite score of +17.5). The final score was 5-2 in favor of New York. For the first four (4) innings John Lackey for Boston and Hiroki Kuroda for New York matched each other in a scoreless pitchers' duel. In the fifth inning the Yankees scored a (1) run, and in the seventh inning they added three (3) more. They assured themselves of the victory with some good relief pitching and a final run in the ninth inning. The Red Sox batters had seven (7) hits, three (3) from Mike Carp, two (2) from David Ortiz, and two (2) from the rest of the team. Yesterday in the Eastern Division of the American League, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, and the Yankees all won their resp

About Our Boston Red Sox More than half of the 2013 Major League Baseball season has already been played. The All-Star game has already been played, and the American League won it. Now we can seriously consider the possibility of reaching various objectives that we had for the Red Sox this year. 1. End the 2012 Nightmare Season for the Red Sox: Just 69 Wins With the  Boston Red Sox current record  of 59 wins and 39 losses (before Saturday's game) and a score of +32.8 on the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) scale, the Red Sox are ten (10) games away from the amount of wins that the team had all last year. After we reach this objective, we can begin to walk on a road of hope for this year's team. 2. Reach Our 2013 Objective for the Red Sox: 81 wins Our preseason hope for this team was to have a season's record of 81 wins and 81 losses. 3. Do Better Than the 2011 Collapse of the Red Sox: 90 Wins In the midst of the 2011 despair caused by not playing well in Septemb

  About the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night, after a wild beginning, the  #BostonRedSox  (now with 55 wins and 37 losses), leader of the Eastern Division of the American League, beat the Seattle Mariners (now with 40 wins and 50 losses) by the final score 11-8. Last night's win raised Boston's composite score to +32.0 according to the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) statistics. The game went back and forth during the first four (4) innings. The Red Sox starting pitcher, Allen Webster, gave up two (2) runs in the first inning, and Boston responded with a run in the top of the second inning. Webster allowed three (3) more runs in the bottom of the second inning, and Boston responded with five (5) runs in the top of the third inning. Strangely, Boston's manager sent Webster back out to pitch in the bottom of the third inning. He promptly gave up two (2) runs, with Alfredo Aceves' help with the second run. Things were looking bad for the Red Sox. The team had come from be

About the Boston Red Sox Monday night, the Seattle Mariners (now with 40 wins and 49 losses) beat the #BostonRedSox (now with 54 wins and 37 losses), leaders of the Eastern Division of the American League, by the final score of 11-4. The game was tied 0-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning. Last night's loss dropped Boston's composite score to +31.2 according to the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) statistics. Jon Lester pitched five (5) innings, allowing five (5) runs. The two (2) relievers who followed him, Alex Wilson and José de La Torre, finished the game, allowing three (3) runs each. Boston's batters had ten (10) hits, with Daniel Nava and David Ortiz getting two (2) hits each. Yesterday, in the Eastern Division, only Tampa Bay won a game. Boston, Baltimore, and the Yankees all lost. Toronto had a day off. Tonight the Red Sox play the second game of their four-game series at the Mariners' ballpark. This is also the fifth of ten (10) games that Boston wil

About the Boston Red Sox Saturday night the #BostonRedSox (now with 54 wins and 35 losses), leaders of the Eastern Division of the American League, almost beat the Los Angeles Angels (now with 42 wins and 45 losses) in their stadium by the score of 7-3. Things looked lost for the Angels, with two (2) outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, the Angels rallied to score four (4) runs to tie the game, and later they won the game in the eleventh inning by the final score of 9-7. Last night's loss dropped Boston's composite UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) score to +33.6. Boston's pitchers, both starters and relievers, had been pitching well. This time Ryan Dempster pitched 6.1 good innings, allowing three (3) runs. Andrew Miller and Andrew Bailey both pitched well in relief. Everything was all set for closing out the ninth inning and winning the game. However, Alex Wilson and Koji Uehara were not able to keep the Angels from scoring four (4) runs and tying the game

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Friday night the first place #BostonRedSox (now 54-34) beat the Los Angeles Angels (now 41-45) in Los Angeles by the score of 6-2. This raised the Red Sox'x #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +34.8. Boston's pitchers, both starters and relievers, continue to pitch well recently. This time Felix Doubront gave Boston 6.2 good innings, giving up just two (2) runs. He kept the Red Sox in the game against Angel's starter C.J. Wilson. Craig Breslow, Junichi Tazawa, and Koji Uehara kept the Angels off the coreboard for the rest of the game. The Boston Red Sox batters contributed thirteen (13) hits, at least one (1) from each of the starters and two (2) from Daniel Nava, Brandon Snyder, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The score was close, 3-2 in favor of Boston in the top of the eighth inning. Boston manager John Farrell sent David Ortiz, on his day off, to bat for Brandon Snyder. Big Papi responded with a two-run homer to deep right fie

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Thursday afternoon the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 53-34) completed the three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres (now 40-46), beating them by the score of 8-2. This was the Boston's third straight good pitching performance in the series. This third victory in the series raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Win Streak) composite score to +34.0. Allen Webster pitched six (6) good innings, giving up just two (2) runs. Relievers Andrew Bailey, Alex Wilson, and Craig Breslow pitched well the rest of the game. All Boston batters contributed to the team's eighteen (18) hits, led by Jacoby Ellsbury with three (3) hits, including a home run. Shane Victorino, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes, Ryan Lavarnway, and José Iglesias each had two (2) hits. Brandon Snyder chipped in with a home run. The Red Sox scored two (2) runs in the bottom of the first inning and maintained or increased their lead the rest of the game. Yesterd

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 52-34) beat the San Diego Padres (now 40-44) by the score of 2-1. This raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to 33.2. Jon Lester pitched seven (7) good innings, giving up just one (1) run. Junichi Tazawa pitched a good eighth inning. Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his second victory to go with five (5) saves as a closer. The Boston batters got nine (9) hits, with Dustin Pedroia and Mike Carp getting two (2) hits each. The score was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, when manager John Farrell decided to sent Jonny Gomes to the plate to bat for third baseman Brandon Snyder. Gomes hit a home run over the Green Monster in left field to give Boston a 2-1 victory. Yesterday, in the American League East Division, Boston, Baltimore and the Yankees won. Tampa Bay and Toronto lost. Today the Red Sox receive the San Diego Padres in the thi

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 51-34) beat the San Diego Padres (now 40-44) by the score of 4-1. This raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +32.4. John Lackey (now 6-5) pitched eight (8) good innings, giving up just one (1) run. He now has an ERA of 2.81. Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fifth save as a reliever. The Boston batters got nine (9) hits, with Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz, Jonny Gomes, and José Iglesias getting two (2) hits each. In the third inning, third baseman Brandon Snyder drove in three (3) of Boston's four (4) runs. The Red Sox added another run in the sixth inning. Yesterday in the East Division of the American League Boston, Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees won their respective games. Baltimore and Toronto lost their games. Tonight the Red Sox receive the San Diego Padres in the second game of a three-game interleague series. Jon Lester is expe

Concerning the Red Sox Sunday, the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 50-43) beat the Toronto Blue Jays (now 41-41) by the score of 5-4. The Red Sox won the four-game series 3 games to 1. Boston's win, coupled with Monday's results, raised their #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +31.6. Ryan Dempster pitched five good innings, giving up just two runs. Craig Breslow, Alex Wilson, and Andrew Miller also pitched well in relief, although Breslow allowed one run to score. Boston's new closer, Koji Uehara gave up a ninth-inning homerun that tied the game 4-4. The Red Sox batters made 9 hits, with Daniel Nava and Brandon Snyder gettings two hits each. Boston scored three runs in the second inning and one in the fifth winning. The Red Sox scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning due to an error by the Toronto first baseman. Yesterday, in the Eastern Division of the American League, Boston and Baltimore had a day off. Toronto, Tampa and the N

NEW ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS REPORT  June 30, 2013 Concerning the Boston Red Sox Yesterday the Toronto Blue Jays (now 40-40) beat our first place #Boston Red Sox team (now 49-34) by the score of 6-2. This lowered the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +30.8. Felix Doubront pitched six good innings, giving up just two runs. Alex Wilson also pitched well in his brief relief appearance. However, Junichi Tazawa and Craig Breslow, the second and third relievers, each gave up two runs. The batters got 10 hits, with Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino, Dustin Pedroi, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia getting two each. However, Boston left a lot of runners on base, and two were thrown out at the plate. The team did not score until the seventh inning. They also committed two errors. As of today, the composite UBWS score for each team in the Eastern Division of the American League looks like the following: Boston  +30.8 Baltimore  +26.0 New York Yankees  +17.4

NEW ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS REPORT  June 29, 2013 Concerning the Boston Red Sox Our first place #Boston Red Sox team started well the second half of the season, winning last night's game  7-5. The Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays again and raised their #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) score to +32.0. Allen Webster pitched better, although Coach Farrell should have removed him sooner, after the sixth inning. Andrew Bailey, the first reliever, struck out two batters and gave up his habitual home run. Andrew Miller and Koji Uehara, the following relievers, did a really good job. The batters started well, scoring runs in the second, third and fourth innings. All of the starting Boston batters had at least one hit, excep for Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Five batters had two or more hits. Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew, and Jonny Gomes had key hits. As of today, the daily composite score for each team in the Eastern Division of the American League is the following:

SPORTS REPORT  June 28, 2013 A lot has been happening in Boston professional sports recently. Our Boston Bruins had a good shot at winning the Stanley Cup finals. Our #New England Patriots are in the news because of the Hernandez situation. Our #Boston Celtics lost the coach. They will face an apparent turnover in players. And, last but not least, our #Boston Red Sox team has reached the middle of its season. They are in first place in the Eastern Division of the American League. At their current pace, they could win 95 games and qualify for the postseason. Concerning the Boston Red Sox  The Red Sox won yesterday 7-4, beating the Toronto Blue Jays. Jon Lester pitched well, backed up by relievers Tazawa and Uehara. The batters had a big second inning, scoring all seven of their runs. All of the Boston batters had at least one hit, except for Mike Carp. I especially liked Dustin Pedroia's home run and Saltalamacchia's two hits. As I stated yesterday, last night's game

SPORTS REPORT: 6-27-2013 Concerning Boston Red Sox   Today is symbolically important for the #Boston Red Sox. First, of course, the Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies last night 5-3. John Lackey and two relievers pitched well. Boston's batters, especially Shane Victorino, also did well. Secondly, tonight's game marks the halfway point of this season. If the Red Sox win tonight, they will be more than halfway to my expected season's results (81-81). They would also be a half game beyond my dream for this season's results (95-67). And, of course, Boston is in good shape to reach last season's win total (69) perhaps in late July or early August.    Concerning Boston's #UBWS (Unless Big Win Streak) statistics, the team is once again over thirty, +30.4 to be exact. The Red Sox had slipped a little bit due to recent losses at Detroit. They made up ground by beating the Rockies in their short series. The Eastern Division of the America League now looks like the fo

SPORTS REPORT : June 26, 2013 Concerning Boston Red Sox  The Boston Red Sox won last night's game against the Colorado Rockies 11-4. The Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees, and the Tampa Bay Rays also won yesterday, while Toronto lost. How does this affect the Eastern Division of the American League (AL)?  We measure a Major League Baseball team's performance using some statistics which produce what we call an "Unless Big Winning Streak" score.Once a team reached a negative score, UBWS it is impossible to make it to the postseason.Here are today's UBWS scores for the Eastern Division of the AL: Boston: +29.6 New York Yankees: +25.2 Baltimore: +24.8  Tampa Bay: +18.8 Toronto: +13.2 At the moment, all of these teams are a good bit above the negative zone.However, a short while ago, Toronto was near that zone. UBWS the Blue Jays were in trouble. So, the team started a big winning streak. It cut in half its distance from the division leader. Briefl

25 de junio del 2013 El lunes, el 24 de junio del 2013, los Medias Rojas de Boston disfrutaron un día de descanso bien merecido. Sin embargo, se jugaron cuatro partidos de Grandes Ligas. Los resultados de los dos partidos de la Liga Americana (LA) sólo afectaron a Boston de manera indirecta. Ninguno de los cuatro partidos les afectó directamente. Al usar nuestra estadística de "Sin Gran Racha Ganadora" (SGRG), descubrimos que los Medias Rojas todavía tienen una calificación de +28.8. Si su calificación según la estadística de SGRG queda cerca a esta cifra durante el resto de la temporada, debería ser suficiente para que el equipo llegue a la postemporada de este año. Como se dijo anteriormente, los dos partidos de la LA que se jugaron ayer sólo involucraron a Boston indirectamente. Los dos partidos sí involucraron directamente a tres equipos rivales de Boston de la División Este. Los Indios de Cleveland ganaron su partido contra los Orioles de Baltimore, y la calificación

June 25, 2013 On Monday, June 24, 2013, the Boston Red Sox had a well-deserved day off. However, four Major League Baseball games were played. The results from the two American League (AL) games indirectly affected Boston. Neither of them affected the Red Sox directly. Using our "Unless Big Winning Streak" (UBWS) statistics, Boston still maintains a +28.8 score. If the Red Sox's UBWS score remains close to this level for the rest of the season, it should be enough to get them into the 2013 playoffs. As we stated above, the results from the two American League games did affect Boston, but only indirectly. Three Eastern division teams were involved in yesterday AL games. The Cleveland Indians won their game with the Baltimore Orioles; Cleveland's UBWS score rose from +17.1 to +18.4. Baltimore lost the game. Their UBWS score dropped slightly from +24.7 to +24.0. The Tampa Bay Rays won the other game. Their UBWS score rose from +16.7 to +18.0. The Toronto Blue Jays lo

Proyecciones para Postemporada de Grandes Ligas de Béisbol del 2013 He venido analizando los equipos de Grandes Ligas durante esta temporada, usando una estadística que llamo "Sin Gran Racha Ganadora" (SGRG). Una vez que un equipo llegue a una estadística y se establezca en la zona negativa, SGRG no llegará a la postemporada de este año. ¿Llegará tu equipo a la postemporada este año? ¿Cuales equipos ya tienen una estadística negativa? 

2013 Major League Baseball Postseason Projections I have been analyzing the Major League Baseball teams this season using my statistics called "Unless Big Win Streak" (UBWS). Once a team reaches and maintains a final negative score, UBWS it will not make it to the playoffs. Will your team make it this year? Which teams already have a final negative score?  

Estamos casi a la mitad de la temporada del 2013 de los Medias Rojas de Boston. ¿Qué piensas acerca del equipo? ¿Qué piensas acerca de sus posibilidades de clasificar para la postemporada de este año?

We are almost at the halfway point of the 2013 season for the Boston Red  Sox. What do you think about the team? Will they make the playoffs this year?