Alex Speier
@alexspeier.bsky.social
Boston Globe reporter. Registered in the Ecktionary as “Stat Masterson.” Author of “Homegrown” (https://bookshop.org/p/books/homegrown-how-the-red-sox-built-a-champion-from-the-ground-up-alex-speier/8023395)
On the latest 310 to Left, Trevor Story talked with @tcaron.bsky.social and me about what he characterized as an easy decision to forgo the opt-out and stay in Boston: “We’re finally good.” On his decision, and astronautical ambitions youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On the latest 310 to Left, Trevor Story talked with @tcaron.bsky.social and me about what he characterized as an easy decision to forgo the opt-out and stay in Boston: “We’re finally good.” On his decision, and astronautical ambitions youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Shohei has joined this short list of players as the only ones to ever reach base 9x in an MLB game.
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shohei has joined this short list of players as the only ones to ever reach base 9x in an MLB game.
We have the 5th World Series game ever of 13+ innings. Others:
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We have the 5th World Series game ever of 13+ innings. Others:
I can only hope that the dude dressed as Kirk Gibson who sat in front of the auxiliary pressbox at Dodger Stadium for Game 3 in 2018 is there tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I can only hope that the dude dressed as Kirk Gibson who sat in front of the auxiliary pressbox at Dodger Stadium for Game 3 in 2018 is there tonight.
Shohei is now 1 of 7 players ever with 8+ homers in a single postseason. He’s done it in 13 games. Only Beltrán (12) did it in fewer.
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Shohei is now 1 of 7 players ever with 8+ homers in a single postseason. He’s done it in 13 games. Only Beltrán (12) did it in fewer.
Here’s a slightly better (but still terrible) cropping of the same swing using, like, an iPhone -4.
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here’s a slightly better (but still terrible) cropping of the same swing using, like, an iPhone -4.
In 2018, I went to watch Barger play in his HS draft year, when he was a shortstop with a great arm and little power. Here is absolutely brutal video that gives some hint of his diminutive stature, as described by @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social (who, like me, knows diminutive!)
October 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In 2018, I went to watch Barger play in his HS draft year, when he was a shortstop with a great arm and little power. Here is absolutely brutal video that gives some hint of his diminutive stature, as described by @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social (who, like me, knows diminutive!)
On 310 to Left, @tcaron.bsky.social talked with Fred Lynn about the 50th anniversary of the incredible Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. Watch/listen/enjoy! (Below, Lynn remembers his great catch in CF - when he feared a broken back.) youtu.be/mWTNgSLUsVs?...
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On 310 to Left, @tcaron.bsky.social talked with Fred Lynn about the 50th anniversary of the incredible Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. Watch/listen/enjoy! (Below, Lynn remembers his great catch in CF - when he feared a broken back.) youtu.be/mWTNgSLUsVs?...
FWIW: The day of Tobin’s game (5/13/42) was quite warm (in the 80s in the afternoon) with strong winds (up to 18 mph). But Tobin - a knuckleballer known as “Old Ironsides” - was a legit power threat (17 homers in his career) and his homers were described as prodigious. Great detail from SABR bio:
October 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
FWIW: The day of Tobin’s game (5/13/42) was quite warm (in the 80s in the afternoon) with strong winds (up to 18 mph). But Tobin - a knuckleballer known as “Old Ironsides” - was a legit power threat (17 homers in his career) and his homers were described as prodigious. Great detail from SABR bio:
What’s it like having your offseason contingent on opt-out decisions? On 310 to Left, Craig Breslow compared the undertaking - and the offseason at large - to a Choose Your Own Adventure plot sequence. youtu.be/Y319kqu2BfQ?...
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What’s it like having your offseason contingent on opt-out decisions? On 310 to Left, Craig Breslow compared the undertaking - and the offseason at large - to a Choose Your Own Adventure plot sequence. youtu.be/Y319kqu2BfQ?...
Springer is the 6th player in postseason history to hit a first-pitch homer to lead off the first inning of Game 1 of a playoff series. The others:
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Springer is the 6th player in postseason history to hit a first-pitch homer to lead off the first inning of Game 1 of a playoff series. The others:
We are in Boston with Team 49 and ready to take part in the Jimmy Fund Walk!
October 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We are in Boston with Team 49 and ready to take part in the Jimmy Fund Walk!
Trevor Story’s description of the 2025 Red Sox? “Scrappy.”
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trevor Story’s description of the 2025 Red Sox? “Scrappy.”
And the Yankees coaches likewise are stationed well outside the boxes.
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
And the Yankees coaches likewise are stationed well outside the boxes.
To update this: Neither Flores nor Hudson is in the box.
September 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
To update this: Neither Flores nor Hudson is in the box.
Giolito is on the field with the Sox. He’d been flying back from Alabama today.
September 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Giolito is on the field with the Sox. He’d been flying back from Alabama today.
The Red Sox are carrying 12 pitchers for the Wild Card round. 4 (!) players are listed as infielder/outfielders.
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Red Sox are carrying 12 pitchers for the Wild Card round. 4 (!) players are listed as infielder/outfielders.
It’s Sunny in Boston - Charlie Day with the first pitch.
September 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s Sunny in Boston - Charlie Day with the first pitch.
“Soak it up. It doesn’t get any better than this.” For the Red Sox, a scene of celebration 160 games - and for some, four very long years - in the making: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/27/s...
September 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Soak it up. It doesn’t get any better than this.” For the Red Sox, a scene of celebration 160 games - and for some, four very long years - in the making: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/27/s...
The concourse at Fenway is lively…
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The concourse at Fenway is lively…
Rafaela with a walkoff double. The Red Sox are in the playoffs.
September 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Rafaela with a walkoff double. The Red Sox are in the playoffs.
Here’s Wilyer Abreu shagging during batting practice. Cora says he won’t be activated today but could be back tomorrow.
September 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Here’s Wilyer Abreu shagging during batting practice. Cora says he won’t be activated today but could be back tomorrow.
Trevor Story is the 10th shortstop in MLB history with a season of 25+ homers and 30+ SBs. Good list:
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trevor Story is the 10th shortstop in MLB history with a season of 25+ homers and 30+ SBs. Good list: