About Sox and Pinstripes

Yankees-Red Sox. Red Sox-Yankees. You might disagree which team is first, but one point is certain – this is the most storied and heated rivalry in all of baseball. Maybe in all of sports. With this in mind, it is natural that we would create this blog devoted to all things Red Sox and Yankees.

Blogging is a form of journalism that is becoming more popular and recognized as each week passes – especially in the world of sports. In fact, this blog stems from two other blogs – BoSox Banter (http://www.bosoxbanter.mlblogs.com) and Ian Browne’s Brownie Points blog (http://browniepoints.mlblogs.com) on RedSox.com. It is the latter where the founders of Sox and Pinstripes first debated. Jeff Louderback, a freelance journalist and author who often writes about professional sports and is a passionate Red Sox fan (read the About Jeff Louderback section on the Sox and Pinstripes home page), and Vince Mercandetti, a broadcast journalism major at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut who hosts a sports radio talk show, served as an intern for ESPN Radio in West Palm Beach, and is a devoted Yankees fan (read the About Vince Mercandetti section on the Sox and Pinstripes home page), are the writers and voices behind Sox and Pinstripes.

Simply put, Sox and Pinstripes is a forum for Red Sox and Yankees fans to talk baseball, share ideas, discuss the games, and debate about their respective teams and about the greatest rivalry in all of sports. We have a multitude of links to sports and baseball news web sites, media outlets that cover the Red Sox and Yankees, minor league affiliates of both teams, and blogs about baseball, Red Sox and the Yankees. Sox and Pinstripes will include daily postings by Jeff and Vince, periodic articles on Red Sox and Yankees prospects and media personalities, and occasional guest columns from fans and writers from Red Sox Nation and Yankeeland.

So feel free to peruse the links and post your comments. It was exciting to chronicle the 2007 season, when the Sox ended the Yankees longstanding streak of American League East titles and won their second World Series in four years after an 86-year drought. The drama continues through the Hot Stove League off-season and into 2008, as the Sox will try to defend their AL East title and World Series championship. Feel free to join us for the rollercoaster ride that is the Red Sox and Yankees.