Ben is a Contributor to SB Nation Boston. I am a history major in my sophomore year at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I've often been asked how I ended up at UW having grown up in Massachusetts, and I've yet to come up with an answer for it. But here I am.
I am currently an editor at Over the Monster, SBN's resident Red Sox site.
The 2012 season was an unmitigated disaster for the Boston Red Sox saved only by a masterful August fire sale that gives the team a chance for future success.
It took just two innings for the Yankees to tag Clay Buchholz with eight runs and almost guarantee themselves at least a share of the A.L. East division crown.