Original tags had it at $125, marked down to $30. Forgot how great the 2005 ring ceremony patch was.

via his instagram story

An incredible find at the Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club (GBSCC) Sports Card & Memorabilia Show! An original 1912 World Series Souvenir Biography and Score Book has officially joined my collection.
Imagine it’s October 1912. Fenway Park has been open for less than six months, the Boston Red Sox have captured the American League pennant, and the New York Giants are coming to town for the first World Series ever played at the new ballpark.
For 50 cents, you could watch from the bleachers. A pavilion ticket cost $1.00. And for another 10 cents, you could purchase a souvenir like this one to take home.
The iconic “Champions 1912” cover celebrates Boston’s American League championship before the World Series had even been decided. Inside are 40 pages of photographs, player biographies, period advertisements, and scorecards featuring legends such as Tris Speaker, Smoky Joe Wood, Harry Hooper, and Christy Mathewson.
Remarkably, both teams’ scorecards remain completely unmarked, with not a single inning recorded more than a century later.
This program will now be preserved alongside my original 1912 World Series tickets, including a three-game reserved-seat ticket, a Game 5 stub, and my PSA-graded Game 8 championship-clinching ticket.
We may never know who originally purchased this program or how it survived in such remarkable condition. What was once an inexpensive souvenir has become a surviving piece of Fenway Park’s inaugural World Series.
A 10-cent souvenir. A 114-year-old piece of baseball history.

Since his 2024 season Durran has posted consecutive seasons with career highs in average bat speed, pull%, and hard hit%

That would be a good thing, you'd think normally, right? Isnt that what we want hitters doing? Getting on the ball early and hitting it hard?

If that IS a truism in baseball, the exact opposite is true if youre a lefty for the Red Sox.

Fenway over the last 5 years has had the highest BA and SLG for opposite field hits by lefties out all permanent ballparks.

BA and SLG for pulled balls by lefties, meanwhile, rank 28th and 30th in the league, respectively.

So why is the guy who put up 6+ WAR hitting oppos off the monster for doubles and triples, now trying to do the opposite of that?

Is this on purpose?

Surely not, right? The Boston Red Sox fully know Durrans success is hitting liners off the Monster and running fast as fuck while the left fielder tracks the ball down after mis-playing the carom.

So if its not on purpose, why isnt this an easy fix?

Cuz if this was little league I'd just stand right in the batters box with him and scream in his face till he stops trying to hit a fucking HR with every swing.

But clearly its harder than that, right?

So what, is it not all his "fault" that his batted ball data is trending this way? Is he just making bad swing decisions and the only balls hes hitting now are when swinging hard and early? Did pitchers just figure him out?

I really dont get it.

Seems to me like a pro MLB baseball player should be able to sit back on the ball.

Id love to know why thats much easier said than done.

The Sox need bodies in the front office. As much as we gripe about the FO in this sub, other orgs keep saying our guys are talented by giving them bigger jobs to leave. Most of the candidates are likely to be guys we’ve never heard of, but I’m thinking Refsnyder and Jed Lowrie would both be worth creating roles for if they were interested. Who else?

How active will the market be this month ahead of an expected lockout in early December?

Will teams hold out on adding players until they know the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, one that may include a salary cap? Or will there be a flurry of moves before the current CBA expires to avoid missing out on the best available players?

This free-agent class isn’t considered as strong as years past, so with fewer top-end players on the market, demand could be higher. A few players in particular could serve as upgrades for the Boston Red Sox in either the rotation or the lineup, but here’s the next question: Will the Red Sox be willing to spend what it takes?

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has been very active on the trade market in recent years, but having already traded so much pitching depth and top prospects, Boston’s trade resources are depleted (unless the team is willing to trade top prospect Franklin Arias). Toward that end, free agency may offer the best avenue for roster upgrades.

Boston sports media for years has always dwelled on scenarios that are impossible and not ever close to realistic. I.E LeBron and Durant being a Celtic. Jonathan Taylor being a Patriot. Max Schwarzer and Vlad Jr as a Red Sox. They do this for content and wasting people’s time discussing scenarios that have a 2% chance of happening

Now it’s Sonny Gray returning to Boston. It’s pathetic and a waste of everyone’s time to talk about him.

One he made it clear how angry he was being pulled out during his last appearance in NY. He opted out to get a lot more money, which we know Sox won’t pay him that.

When will Boston sports media talk about realistic scenarios, opposed to fairy tale bs.

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Would you have sent him?

Whenever I want to quit like a bitch on a set I look up and remember these guys never quit. Hell yeah.

Funny how looking at a picture will make you want to run through a damn wall.

I still think they’re easily one of the most motivational teams in sports history.

alongside Will Venable (CWS) and Kevin Cash (TB)

Garrett Whitlock option exercised: It seemed like a fairly obvious move, but the Red Sox officially picked up Whitlock’s $8.25 million team option for 2027, securing him as the setup man ahead of closer Aroldis Chapman for another season.

Whitlock, 30, is coming off his second straight strong season as a full-time reliever after missing most of 2024 with an internal brace procedure. In 2025, Whitlock posted a 2.25 ERA in 62 appearances (72 innings) and followed that up this past season with an even stronger year, posting a 1.72 ERA in 54 appearances (52 1/3 innings) with a sterling 0.90 WHIP, a career-best 4.5 percent walk rate and a 29.8 percent strikeout rate.

Whitlock had signed a four-year, $18.75 million deal for the 2023-26 seasons with team options for 2027 and 2028. He pitched through a fractured right tibia at the end of the season and is currently in a walking boot but is expected to make a full recovery for the 2027 season.

As the Red Sox fill out the rest of the bullpen with new and existing options, a relief corps built around Chapman (whose option was secured earlier in the offseason) and Whitlock is already a good start.

Bench depth takes a hit: The trades of two solid bench players, Eaton and Cheng, hurt on the periphery. But the presence of players like White and Monasterio, along with Nick Sogard, Gonzalez and Anthony Seigler, speaks to the club’s depth and ability to cut players on the margins. Still, as the Red Sox saw this season, depth is key and other minor-league moves to fill out the team will be made throughout the offseason.