Red Sox Stumble Out of the Gate

With a rebuilt roster and young team, the growing pains are inevitable.  On opening weekend, the Red Sox visited the A's home turf at Hartford Crossing in Medford, New Jersey.  Coincidentally (or not?), this field was where their playoff run was ended by the A's last season.

Bret Binder was the opening day starter and pitched well before having to leave early due to participate in an important political debate in West Chester, PA (read more here and here).

The revamped pitching staff couldn't stop the bleeding, and the bats couldn't get going as the Sox got swept by the defending champion A's 13-4 and 9-4.

There's nowhere to go but up!  Here are the standings after the Week 1 action.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Philadelphia A's	2	0	1.000	-
Mayfair Fighting Irish	1	1	.500	1
Red Sox	0	2	.000	2
Aston Angels	0	2	.000	2
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Philadelphia Colt .45s	2	0	1.000	-
Philadelphia Muckdogs	2	0	1.000	-
Philadelphia Comets	1	1	.500	1
Quad County Brawlers	0	2	.000	2

Next week, the Red Sox come home to Latshaw McCarthy in Norristown to take one of the oldest franchises in the league, the Philadelphia Comets.  First pitch is at 10am on Sunday.  See you there!


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Red Sox Franchise Stats

Click here the check out a compilation of all hitting stats for current and former Red Sox players!  It's in Google spreadsheet format, and individual tabs were created to sort the franchise career leaders in G, AB, R, H, 2B, RBI, AVG, OPS and SB.  All current players who are in their 2nd (or more) season with the club are included.  Former players with 2+ years with the team are also included.

For future reference, a link is included in the right sidebar for career leaders.

Stay tuned for compiled pitching stats!

Red Sox Reload

Brian Freiland took over managerial duties after the 2011 season and inherited the daunting task of dealing with unprecedented roster turnover this past off-season.  With a strong draft and good free agent signings, the 2012 Red Sox team looks to continue the franchise's winning tradition.

The Red Sox welcome the following new players.

Paul Parashac (C,3B)

Mike Hennessey (OF) 

Rich Ryan (P,C)

Andrew Alborn (P,1B)

Mike Scallon (OF,1B)

Dennis Jackson (2B,SS)

Shaun Frazier (IF)

Josh Reese (OF)

Jason McDowell (OF)

Patrick Yaroch (P,OF)

Eric Simonait (2B,SS)

The season starts on April 15th against the defending champion A's at Hartford Crossing in New Jersey.  First pitch is at 10am.  See you there!

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