https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/?d=21enhttps://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/a-brief-history-of-the-northeastern-university-vs-boston-red-sox-spring-training-game-r2329/The Red Sox won their first game against the Northeastern University Huskies at Fenway Park in 1977, 10-2. The budding rivalry went dormant for 27 years. In 2004, the two teams began their annual tradition of playing in spring training.  It kicked off with a 7-0 shutout for the Red Sox over...2329Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:41:00 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/ichiro-suzuki-in-boston-how-red-sox-pitchers-handled-a-hall-of-famer-r2300/Ichiro Suzuki terrorized pitchers around both the league and the world, but he didn't exactly thrive against the Red Sox. Ichiro Suzuki played exactly 150 games against the Boston Red Sox, his fourth-most against any opponent and the most against any non-AL West team. It is an impressive tot...2300Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:57:01 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/cc-sabathia-vs-the-red-sox-how-a-hall-of-famer-battled-against-boston-r2301/A long-time nemesis of the Red Sox is going into the Hall of Fame. But how did the Sox fare against him? CC Sabathia went 18-15 against the Red Sox in 44 career starts with a 4.25 ERA. Sure, that is a winning record, but the Red Sox had the highest batting average against CC of any team he p...2301Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:51:02 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-eight-honorable-mentions-2016-2024-r2299/We close out this series with the third installment of the honorable mentions, this time focusing on the period spanning from 2016 to 2024. Though this span included the greatest Red Sox team of all time, it is undoubtedly the weakest of the three time periods covered in the honorable mentions....2299Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:10:02 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-seven-honorable-mentions-2008-2015-r2287/With the countdown of the top 25 Red Sox individual performances now complete, I wanted to run through some of the seasons that just missed the list. In this article, we will focus specifically on the period from 2008 to 2015, a bizarre stretch that included a World Series title, another near mi...2287Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:51:02 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-six-5-1-r2285/We're down to the best Red Sox performances of this century! This series focuses on the best Red Sox single-season performances of this century. To read previous installments, click the links below. Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five 5. 2016 Mookie Betts Sta...2285Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:56:26 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-five-10-6-r2277/Jacoby Ellsbury was unstoppable in 2011. This series focuses on the best Red Sox single-season performances of this century. To read previous installments, click the links below. Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four 10. 2005 David Ortiz  Stats: 159 GP 5.2 WAR 158 OPS+ .30...2277Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:10:02 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-four-15-11-r2276/When was the last time you thought about just how good Keith Foulke was in 2004? This is an ongoing series focusing on the best Red Sox single-season performances of this century. To read previous installments, click the links below. Part One | Part Two | Part Three 15. 2017 Chris...2276Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:17:01 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-three-20-16-r2272/Pedro was robbed. 20. 2021 Nathan Eovaldi Stats: 4.3 WAR 11-9 3.75 ERA  32 GS 182.1 IP 195 K 9.6 K/9 125 ERA+ 1.19 WHIP 2.79 FIP AS CYA-4 MVP-15 One of the more underrated pitching seasons of the past century, Eovaldi stepped up huge for a rotation that saw Eduardo Rodriguez take a st...2272Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:02:38 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-two-25-21-r2263/Let's dive into some of the best Red Sox single seasons of the 21st century! With offseason activities seemingly grinding to a halt, I thought I would try something a little bit different while we wait for the last free agents to come off the board. With 25 seasons of twenty-first-century Re...2263Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:39:29 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/the-best-individual-red-sox-seasons-of-the-century-part-one-honorable-mentions-r2256/In the first of this five-part series, we reveal the campaigns that just fell short of the top 25. With offseason activities seemingly grinding to a halt, I thought I would try something a little bit different while we wait for the last free agents to come off the board. With 25 seasons of t...2256Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:59:01 +0000https://talksox.com/boston-red-sox-news/history/looking-back-upon-old-trades-5-craig-breslow-acquires-a-key-bullpen-arm-r2224/In the fifth and final installment of the series, we examine a reliever swap that paid big dividends for the Red Sox in 2024. Welcome back for one last time. In the first four installments of this series, we looked at Theo Epstein and the Adrián González trade, Ben Cherington and the Eduardo...2224Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:04:04 +0000