Kevin Coughlin

Kevin is a senior English major from Boston. A huge Boston sports fan, he has been umpiring high school baseball in Massachusetts for the past five years. For the past year he has researched the appeal of amateur level baseball between Holland and New England, spending time with the Amsterdam Pirates of the Dutch Hoofdklasse in the spring of 2011 and the Braintree White Sox in Massachusetts' Cranberry League the following summer.

Boston Red Sox

Kevin CoughlinApril 22, 2012

Question for Red Sox fans: Are your boos misdirected?

It’s the top of the eighth and there are none out. It’s not ideal, but Alfredo Aceves has earned the…
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American League

Kevin CoughlinMarch 15, 2012

Best and worst baseball uniforms by the numbers

Last week, ESPN’s Jim Caple came out with a ranking of the best and worst uniforms in baseball and came…
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Boston Red Sox

Kevin CoughlinFebruary 23, 2012

Can the Red Sox make up for 2011?

After experiencing the most monumental regular-season collapse in 2012, despite prognostications of an eighth World Series title this time last…
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Boston Red Sox

Kevin CoughlinFebruary 10, 2012

Who will emerge as Boston’s primary shortstop in 2012?

After coming to terms with a new skipper in Bobby Valentine, the big challenges facing Ben Cherington and the Boston…
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Boston Red Sox

Kevin CoughlinJanuary 23, 2012

Cherington a grandmaster in offseason chess match

There is a hesitance for Boston Red Sox fans to quickly accept Ben Cherington as the successor to front-office guru…
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New York Yankees

Kevin CoughlinJanuary 9, 2012

Is Posada retiring one year too late?

Buster Olney reported Sunday morning that Yankees catcher Jorge Posada would be retiring after 17 seasons of wearing pinstripes. Growing…
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