162 in Review

By now we know that the Los Angeles Dodgers have achieved back to back World Series wins to take down the Toronto Blue Jays in a hard fought seven game battle of the wills.

Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Will Smith could not be stopped despite best efforts from Max Scherzer, Kevin Gausman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr and Bo Bichette who played their hearts out.

For the Red Sox, Garrett Crochet is a Cy Young finalist in the American League and Gold Gloves have been awarded to Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu for their performances,

Alex Bregman has opted out of the remaining 2 years of his deal and the Free Agent market grows with Kyle Schwarber, Tarik Skubal and Bo Bichette.

Where will 2026 take us?

Games 4, 5, and 6 of the ALCS

Series is now tied and it all comes down to Game 7 in Toronto to decide it.

Up to this point, we’ve seen Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. awaken, combined with the spectacular performance from Max Scherzer and a grand slam from Eugenio Suarez.

In the NLCS, Shohei Ohtani has THREE HOME RUNS in Game 4 while pitching and getting 10 strikeouts!

Absolutely amazing!

**episode correction: all World Series games will start at 8pm ET

Game 1 - Seattle beats Toronto - 3 to 1.

Kevin Gausman vs. Bryce Miller

A pitcher’s duel for the ages with each pitcher only giving up 2 hits after Seattle’s marathon 15 inning game at home against Detroit using every pitcher EXCEPT Miller.

George Springer has a home run on the first pitch of the game.

Can Cal Raleigh be stopped? He has another home run!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger are all silenced at the Rogers Centre.

Philadelphia Phillies fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers in tragic fashion on a costly error from Orion Kerkering.

Milwaukee Brewers advance to oust the Chicago Cubs in retribution for the departure of Craig Counsell.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the New York Yankees.

And the only MLB team to never appear in the World Series, the Seattle Mariners, with the power of Humpy’s victory in the Salmon Run, triumph in the 15th inning against the Detroit Tigers and Tarik Skubal.  

Aside from the payoffs, we’ll discuss potential free agents for the Boston Red Sox to consider as Craig Breslow, Sam Kennedy and Alex Cora assess the 2025 season.

Seattle Mariners Salmon Run

Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race

After the triumph of Game 1 in Gotham City, the Sox young guns, Brayan Bello and Connelly Early, fall to Carlos Rodon and Cam Schlittler who were unstoppable.  We’re all still deep in our grief over this.  But could this be 2003 all over again?

Who is available in Free Agency to bolster the Boston roster and how will the MLB Playoffs wrap up.

Recap of Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres, LA Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox vs. NY Yankees.

Pitching was the name of the game with Garrett Crochet vs. Max Fried.  

Discipline at the plate from Ceddanne Rafaela, astute base running from Nick Sogard and the pinch hit prowess of Masataka Yoshida but the Red Sox in the lead.

Aroldis Chapman came back from a bases-loaded, no out, bottom of the ninth to close it out.

Will the Red Sox be as lucky in Game 2 with Brayan Bello pitching against Carlos Rodon?  Let’s see!

AHHHH!  The Boston Red Sox are heading to the MLB Postseason for the first time since 2021 on a walkoff hit from Ceddanne Rafaela.

Let’s compare the Red Sox lineup on Opening Day to the Red Sox lineup on the Ending Day of the Regular Season.

 Green Fields of the Mind- as recited by former MLB Commissioner - Bart Giamatti.  Please do yourself a favor, listen to this and feed the soul.

The American League Wild Card is shuffling yet again!  The Red Sox continue to win to maintain their position as the Cleveland Guardians, the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros hang on around them.

Game 2 of the Red Sox against Toronto is on 9/24/25 with Garrett Crochet, reaching a career high inning count this season, facing Max Scherzer.

The Sox have done well this season away from home which is helpful as they took 2 games from Tampa Bay over the weekend and the first one from the Blue Jays.

Can they continue?

Summary of Game 1 - Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Garrett Crochet vs. Drew Rasmussen

Jarren Duran’s season changing home run

Summary of Game 2 - Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Kyle Harrison vs. Adrian Houser

a ninth inning Sox rally full of insurance to take the series.

Who else is in the American League Wild Card Race?  Houston Astros, Cleveland Guardians, and can Toronto maintain their AL East lead with their 4 game losing streak.

Retirement of Clayton Kershaw, Cal Raleigh’s 57th home run and Shohei Ohtani’s offensive tear!

American League wild card shuffling

Red Sox games 1 and 2 against the Athletics.  The rollercoaster of the crushing loss in game 1 to the triumph of game 2 from Nick Sogard.