Major League Baseball

Ten years ago today, Danny Ainge cemented his legacy as an NBA executive when he pulled off the ultimate fleecing of the Brooklyn Nets. Is that the greatest trade in Boston sports history?

Kenley Jansen is in the Emerald City as the team's lone All Star this season. Normally, a team like the Sox has a small contingent at the All Star festivities, but it's not the case this year.

The roller coaster ride began with Boston going 21-14 out of the gate, then following it up with a 12-21 record over their next 33 games. Since then, the Sox have won 6-straight, lost 7-of-8, and have now won 8-of-9 to close out baseball's unofficial first half.

Earlier this morning I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed, trying to get caught up on the stories of the day, when I stumbled across a poll from WEEI that was too good to pass up.

Bloom's guidance has turned the Sox into the very definition of a mediocre team at the Major League level, while the front office continues to sell the promise of a better future by telling us "you know what's coming."

The Red Sox banged out 15 hits and 10 runs last night in Minnesota for their 6th-straight win, the team's second-longest win-streak of the season after winning 8-in-a-row from Apr. 29 to May 6.

Which team's creative alternate uniform is your favorite?

If the Sox have to compete against the other four teams in the East to make the playoffs, they might as well stop trying now. Boston is 36-61 (.371) against the division since the start of last season and 90-122 (.425) vs. the East for the entirety of Chaim Bloom's tenure.

Hindsight is 20/20, this is known. But with the benefit of hindsight, we Red Sox fans know and wish Chaim Bloom had a mulligan or two for the moves made last winter.

To say there's not a ton of excitement heading into the first meeting of the season with the Bronx Bombers might actually be a bit of an understatement.