The Drive

00:00 - O.B.C co-owner Abe Firth joins the show as Orono Brewing Company plays host to today's UMaine Athletics remote. 10:41 - Ben Barr braves the heat and sits in with Jim at O.B.C. 23:33 - Sox Props and whether we should be worried by potential Red Sox "pumpkins." 36:16 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Mark continues to revel in the magic carpet ride that is the Boston Red Sox while Jim checks in from Orono Brewing Company, the site of our latest University of Maine Athletics remote. 12:50 - Pete Abraham joins Mark on the phone to talk about the Red Sox after the latest improbable win. 28:17 - Maine men's basketball head coach Chris Markwood sits in with Jim @ OBC.

00:00 - Jaylen Brown gets introduced to the City of Philadelphia. 9:59 - Might the Celtics have a Payton Pritchard conundrum coming their direction? 21:06 - Tim Davis, owner of Tim's Plumbing, joins the show to talk about this weekend's Tim's Plumbing 100 at Ricky Craven's Speedway. 31:49 - Sox Props, in place of Buzzer Beaters, to close out today's show.

00:00 - The Sox keep rolling, plus Ricky Craven joins the show to talk about this week's 100-lap feature at Speedway. 25:47 - Franklin Arias is no longer knocking on the Sox' door, he's knocking it down. 29:32 - Today's Drive Poll: "Which Red Sox player has surprised you the most this season?"

00:00 - Where does Drake Maye stack up against the good to great quarterbacks the Patriots will face during the 2026 season? 9:05 - Today's Drive Poll: "Which team lasts the longest in the MLB Playoffs? The Rays, Yankees, or Red Sox?" 27:52 - Sox Props. 33:55 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Regarding the Red Sox, in the words of Will Fleming, "what is happening?!" 16:47 - Lauren Campbell of MassLive.com joins the show to talk about the incredible in-season turnaround that has seen the Red Sox win 24 of their last 27 games to chase down the league's best records. 36:31 - JB's streaming again on the eve of his Sixers unveiling, and as always, he's not holding back.

00:00 - We kick off the Drive at 5 with today's Drive Poll: "Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?" 12:07 - Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com joins the show to detail what exactly the Sox parted with around the trade deadline. 30:57 - Sox Props & giving away four VIP passes to this weekend's Tim's Plumbing 100 at Ricky Craven's Speedway. 36:00 - Buzzer Beaters to close out the show.

00:00 - We're back to recap a BUSY MLB Trade Deadline around the league and, (finally!), in Boston. 16:22 - WVII/ABC7 Sports Director Jack Webb joins the show to talk about a new gig he's added for the fall with the New England Patriots. 32:15 - Bob Nightengale, veteran MLB reporter for USA Today, joins the show to talk about all the moves across MLB.

00:00 - Curt Cignetti ain't afraid of no stinkin' SEC. 4:45 - Tom Giles of NBC Sports Boston joins the show to sit through Jim's critiques of he and his colleagues. 23:46 - Sox Props ahead of the series opener at the Dodgers - sorry, Sox, but we're betting on the G.O.A.T. 29:04 - Buzzer Beaters to close out the week on The Drive.

00:00 - More drama in Sacramento where the Sox go back-to-back on consecutive pitches to win the series. It's there for the taking...(at least in the American League). 14:40 - L.A. Dodgers PBP man and former Red Sox PBP voice Tim Neverett joins the show with the Red Sox stopping through La La Land. 31:10 - Jim & Mark have had enough of Jarren Duran, thank you.

00:00 - STOP THE PRESSES...did Corporate JT just author a soundbite? 15:22 - Drive On! Featuring Terry in Lee and Ian in Brewer. 22:25 - Scott Warren of Bangor Mall Cinemas joins the show to talk Blockbuster Season. 32:47 - Buzzer Beaters to wrap up today's show.

00:00 - It turns out Curtis Mead is very much not okay...so, what now? 15:23 - Conor Ryan of Boston.com and The Boston Globe joins the show to talk Sox and Jaylen Brown/LeBron to Philly. 29:31 - Paul Perillo, editor of Patriots.com, joins the show to tell us about everything happening at Pats' camp so far.

00:00 - We open the phone lines for our Sox Tix Sweepstakes, presented by Dunnett's Appliance & Mattress. 9:18 - Matt Vautour of MassLive.com joins the show to talk Patriots training camp. 24:27 - Is this a not-so-thinly veiled shot at Jaylen Brown by Jayson Tatum? Plus Drive Polls and Sox Props. 28:50 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark don't have anything against Curtis Mead, per se, but they both would've liked to see a greater return for a trade that sent Connelly Early out the door. 20:52 - LeBron's "final decision" is to team up with Jaylen Brown in Philly. WHAT?! 27:55 - Sean McAdam of MassLive.com joins the show to discuss the Mead-for-Early swap and what else we should expect before next week's MLB tr...

00:00 - History matched! 15-straight wins for the Boston Red Sox. 13:16 - Teeing up the Drive at 5. 32:40 - We go game by game with the Pats and Bills to establish our expectations for the 2026 AFC East race. 48:04 - Who do you want to see the Red Sox add at the trade deadline? 55:36 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Now the 2nd-most popular Chad in the city, Chad Finn of The Boston Globe, leads off the Drive at 5. 19:26 - Tuesday Trivia...but we discover we can't field incoming phone calls at the moment...so an audible to secession talk in the SEC. 35:32 - Sox Props (for tomorrow after learning of tonight's rainout), plus Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Are we on the eve of history? Red Sox try to match their record win-streak tonight on The Ticket! 16:35 - He's leveled up since the last time we had him on...joining us on the Hero's Hotline, it's Professor Nick Coit from the Ocean State. 30:14 - "Chad Enchantment"? These Sox are giving shades of "Morgan Magic" from 38 summers ago.

00:00 - The Sox are streaking. Aaron is skeptical while Mark is just along for the ride. 8:37 - Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com joins the show to talk about the historic win-streak which has turned the tide on the 2026 season. 24:01 - Sox Props + did Cooper Flagg have a growth spurt? 29:46 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - The win-streak is up to 13-straight and the Red Sox now own one of the American League's three Wild Cards. WHAT IS HAPPENING? 18:43 - Today's Drive Poll: "Does the win-streak have you dreaming of October baseball?" 29:36 - Paul Finebaum goes in on Belichick's "embarrassing" final chapter at UNC, plus the SEC threatening to take their ball and go home?

00:00 - Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com helps us kick off the Drive at 5. 18:10 - Drive On! Featuring Rob in Hartland and Burton in Dedham. 26:37 - Today's Drive Poll: "What route do you want the Red Sox to take at the MLB trade deadline?" 35:46 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - After watching England's late collapse yesterday at the World Cup, we learn that incensed sports talk radio is not something unique to America. 10:21 - Tim Kenney, assigner for the Eastern Maine Football League, joins the show to tell you why you should consider being a local football referee this fall. 34:34 - Corporate Jayson Tatum talks the Jaylen Brown trade at the ESPYs.

00:00 - Aaron goes from "enthralled by" to "annoyed at" the World Cup in the span of 10 minutes. 13:40 - Today's Drive Poll - "Would you trade any of the Sox youngsters for a premium bat at the MLB Trade Deadline?" 32:00 - Aaron rants against Daylight Savings Time. 38:05 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's show.

00:00 - Aaron & Mark shoot the s*** on one of the slower sports days of the year. Is the Boston media inventing an issue in the Red Sox clubhouse? 15:34 - Our expectations for Drake Maye & the Patriots in 2026 as we're 10 days out from training camp opening. 27:21 - Diving inside the mind of crazy Joe Mazzulla as he offers a peek behind the curtain at the methods to his madness.

00:00 - The Red Sox have a knack for heading into the break on fire, but the post-break trend has recently been to fizzle. 14:12 - Bringing back Tuesday Trivia on this Mid-Summer Classic day, featuring Fred in Milford. 17:48 - Trying to create a trade block of available bats for the Red Sox to target. The problem? There aren't too many teams to target. 30:45 - Buzzer Beaters to close out today's s...

0:00 - MLB HR Derby, All-Star Game talk, a little World Cup hit, and back to the idea of having a World Baseball Classic takeover at this point of the calendar. 21:52 - Today's Drive Poll: "What's your favorite Fenway Park moment?" 32:10 - Isaac Bushway, head coach of Dunkin Comrades Bangor Legion baseball team, joins the show to talk Legion Ball around the Pine Tree State.