Josh Beckett will not pitch tonight due to mild back spasms. Michael Bowden will make the start. Not the news Red Sox Nation wanted to hear after coming off a sweep by the Yankees. Terry Francona explained the injury when the clubhouse opened:
Beckett's back spasms are upper left. He couldn't get comfortable coming home. We'll be cautiousRead more...
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Victor Martinez-C
Kevin Youkilis-3B
David Ortiz-DH
Jason Bay-LF
J.D. Drew-RF
Casey Kotchman-1B
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Michael Bowden-SP
Fenway West will be interviewing Mike Vaccaro, columist for the N.Y. Post and author of The First Fall Classic -The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912. The interview will take place on Oct. 6th (the day the book comes out) at 12:30 Eastern/9:30 Pacific on Blog Talk Radio so feel free to call in. Below is more information from the publisher:
In October of 1912, seven years before gambling nearly destroyed the sport, the world of baseball got lucky. It would get two teams-the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants, winners of a combined 208 games during the regular season-who may well have been the two finest ball clubs ever assembled to that point. Most importantly, during the course of eight games spanning nine days in that marvelous baseball autumn, they would elevate the World Series from a regional October novelty to a national obsession. The games would fight for space on the front pages of the nation's newspapers, battling both an assassin's bullet and the most sensational trial of the young century, with the Series often carrying the day and earning the “wood.”
In The First Fall Classic, veteran sports journalist and author Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail-and gives fans a wonderful page-turner that re-creates the magic and suspense of the world's first great series.
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| Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Jason Bay-LF
Kevin Youkilis-1B
David Ortiz-DH
Mike Lowell-3B
J.D. Drew-RF
Jason Varitek-C
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Paul Byrd-SP
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| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Victor Martinez-C
Kevin Youkili-1B
Mike Lowell-3B
David Ortiz-DH
Rocco Baldelli-RF
Jed Lowrie-SS
Brian Anderson-LF
Dice-K-SP
There is a lot of news to report after last night's Red Sox/Yankees game as usual.
Jon Lester was not hit in the knee and should make his next start.
Hideki Okajima returned to Boston yesterday because he was experiencing soreness in his right side.
Victor Martinez will catch Dice-K today after Tek's offensive and defensive disaster last night.
Terry Francona wants a fun celebration when the Red Sox clinch a playoff spot even if it is the Wild-Card.
Yep, that's right...it's me! I kept trying to talk myself out of going to one of the games in NYC. I'd tell myself...it's too expensive...I've gone to enough games...I can watch it just as well at home on TV.
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| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Yankees | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
The New York Post leads their sports coverage with a photo of Yankee players popping open a bottle of champers and a large headline reading "Yankees Ready to Clinch"
Their article reads: "Uncork the champagne and use red socks to mop up spills on the clubhouse carpet. That would be quite a Yankee Stadium party. Lights, camera, AL East title."
Have the Post sports writers been watching the Red Sox and the Yankees during the past two weeks?
Keep your Mumms off ice for this series.
Hey, remember a while back when everyone was talking about how stagnant our offense was and how we couldn't score runs? I do. It was brutal. I remember the Red Sox putting a new record on the books for the most innings without scoring a run. Not good.
However...lately...that problem seems to have disappeared. Our bats seem to all come out of their slump together and we are once getting those timely hits...often with 2 outs.
Let's take a look at the last couple of weeks....let's start with that Tampa Bay series.
9/12 Red Sox 9, Rays 1 (W)
9/13 Red Sox 3, Rays 1 (W)
9/13 Red Sox 4, Rays 0 (W)
9/15 Red Sox 4, LAA 1 (W)
9/16 Red Sox 9, LAA 8 (W)
9/17 Red Sox 3, LAA 4 (L)
9/18 Red Sox 3, O's 1 (W)
9/19 Red Sox 11, O's 5 (W)
9/20 Red Sox 9, O's 3 (W)
9/21 Red Sox 9, KC 12 (L)
9/22 Red Sox 1, KC 5 (L)
9/23 Red Sox 9, KC 2 (W)
9/24 Red Sox 10, KC 3 (W)
So...7 times out of that stretch we scored 9 runs or more. There were numerous times we blew out the team we were playing and other than the Greinke game...there weren't any games which the team ran away with it against us. We just seem to be hitting on all cylinders.
What is the difference? For me. The answer is easy...and two fold. The answer is VICTOR MARTINEZ.
V MART obviously brings the bat. He's a stud. With him in our lineup as Catcher, JD Drew is the #8 hitter. That's a good lineup. With him in the lineup as Catcher, Mikey Lowell and Papi BOTH get to play the game. So, V MART has brought so much to this team. I hope we keep him. We better!
I said it was two fold. V MART has also seemed to have a real nice influence on one Mr. David Ortiz. Papi used to have Manny and we all know that something has been missing since he's been gone. It seems like Papi & V MART are a new Band of Brothers...in the lineup....in the dugout...in the club house. David Ortiz is a hitter and I never questioned he would get his swing working...but it also seems like the presence of V MART has really given him some extra Papi mojo.
Let's hope...and pray...that this hitting thing we have going on...keeps on right into Yankee Stadium.
Let's GO RED SOX!!! Clap Clap ClapClapClap!
Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox will go with Jon Lester for game 1 of the ALDS which will most likely be in Anaheim.
The Red Sox have yet to make that declaration publicly, of course, since the team can’t clinch a postseason spot until tomorrow while playing the Yankees in New York at the earliest. But the team’s pitching rotation for the final week of the regular season sets up for just such a deployment and multiple clubhouse sources confirm that Lester is the team’s first choice to open the playoffs.
NOTE- Salty language alert! NSFW! (Not safe for workplace.)
The Red Sox ace discusses win # 16 with reporters after last night's game. Watch below:
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| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury-CF | |||
| Dustin Pedroia-2B | |||
| Victor Martinez-C | |||
| Kevin Youkilis-1B | |||
| Jason Bay-LF | |||
| David Ortiz-DH | |||
| Mike Lowell-3B | |||
| J.D. Drew- RF | |||
| Alex Gonzalez-SS Josh Beckett-SP |
A Red Sox fan was temporarily released from a 10-day jail sentence so he could go to tonight's Red Sox game in Kansas City.
“These ball games are among the few pleasures the defendant has in life. He had been looking forward eagerly to attending this game with his family,” King said.
Judge Waggoner said Barker’s request was “reasonable under the circumstances” and granted the request.
Curt Schilling said he was going to announce his intentions known on "Joe Buck Live" last night. That should have been a big enough clue for you. If your Senate bid begins on "Joe Buck Live" you might as well higher Gary Coleman's campaign manager from when he ran for governor of California. As expected Schilling made the following announcement:
“Regardless of the amount of support and outreach that’s been given to me, it just did not make sense.”
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustn Pedroia-2B
Victor Martinez-1B
Kevin Youkilis-3B
David Ortiz-DH
Jason Bay-LF
J.D. Drew-RF
Jason Varitek-C
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Paul Byrd-SP
During Paul Byrd's brief time away from baseball he experimented with gardening, but according to an interview with Rob Bradford at WEEI.com, his efforts did not pay off:
“It was ready to go, but I planted like 50 pumpkins and I’ve only got four,” Paul explained. “And all of my tomato bushes died. My corn died. My cucumbers grew but they’re crooked. So what I discovered was — soil is extremely important, so is following directions, and I’m a ballplayer, not a gardener. But I guess the positives are that I have four pumpkins.”
“We need to start winning series,” Girardi said. “We haven’t done it for a while, and that’s not who we’ve been this year. Now is a good time to try to get a game tomorrow and win a series. We need to play better.”
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| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Royals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
Read more...When Nick Green tried to give himself a haircut yesterday before the game, it led to one the season’s most ribald moments. Green inadvertently shaved his head in one spot and he asked Rocco Baldelli for help. Baldelli cracked up and invited the rest of the team over. Eventually, Ramirez completed a new haircut for Green. When Green joined the team for stretching, Varitek removed Green’s hat and revealed the final result, a short and choppy coif. Green laughed while the Sox applauded . . .
| Jacoby Ellsbury-CF | ||
| Dustin Pedroia-2B | ||
| Victor Martinez-C | ||
| Kevin Youkilis-1B | ||
| Jason Bay-LF | ||
| David Ortiz-DH | ||
| Mike Lowell-3B | ||
| Rocco Baldelli-RF | ||
| Alex Gonzalez-SS Tim Wakefield-SP |
You have to love a player that can have fun in the middle of a game. Watch below:
hat tip to The Dugout Doctors
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| Red Sox | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| Orioles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
The lineup is in....
Ellsbury- CF
Pedroia- 2B
Martinez- 1B
Youkilis- 3B
Bay- LF
Lowell- DH
Drew- RF
Varitek- C
Gonzalez- SS
Matsuzaka- P
Tek is in for catcher. I think that's the right call with Dice-K on the mound. Dice-K is most comfortable with him behind the plate. Papi is getting the afternoon off and Lowell is DHing. I like that as well. I think that Papi & Lowell should really share DH when V Mart is playing at first base. Bay is in the lineup...for now. Hopefully it stays that way and sickness doesn't scratch him last minute again.
Game is scheduled to start at 1:35 EST. Let's Go Red Sox!
These Sox knocked the birds of Baltimore out of their nests for the 15th time in 17 contests between the 2 clubs this season. Jon Lester was good tonight, but not overpowering, and garnered his 14th win and team leading 22nd quality start, as the Sox beat the Orioles 11-5 at Fenway South. He allowed 10 hits in 6 innings, yet with all those hits, including 2 home runs, he kept the damage to 3 runs allowed. He did not issue any free passes.
Wagner, Saito, and Ramirez pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowing only 1 baserunner. Unfortunately, sandwiched in there was Manny Delcarmen's tough outing. He served up a phat meatball sandwich: 2 walks, 2 home runs, 0 outs. After a lights out April in which he tossed 13 scoreless innings, his ERA has been steadily rising ever since. I love a good home-town-boy-makes-good story, so I certainly hope he can correct his miscues before October. I'd hate to see him go. The Sox will certainly need the April MDC in about 2 & 1/2 weeks. Barring a '78esque implosion, the Sox will be squaring off against the Angels in the ALDS. They technically have not been eliminated from the AL East crown, but they are 7 games ahead of the reeling Rangers, the magic number down to 9 for the wild card slot. Let's not dismiss the fact that the Sox are 9 and 1 in their last 10 games, and have reduced the Yankees lead from 9 games to 6, but only 5 in the loss column. Yankees! You'd better not look over your shoulder lest you trip and fall! It still could happen, yaknow. Just sayin'....
OK, let's get back to tonight's game. Every starter had at least 1 hit, Pedroia and Ortiz 2 hits each, and Drew and Lowell 3 hits each, including a home run by Drew. Rookie Josh "Glenda" Reddick hit his 2nd home run of the season.
Alex Gonzalez made a 'Web Gem' worthy stab and turned a great 6-4-3 double play! I'm tellin' ya- sign this guy for the next 3 years!
Sox Win 11-5 BOX SCORE
Read more...| Jacoby Ellsbury-CF |
| Dustin Pedroia-2B |
| Victor Martinez-C |
| Kevin Youkilis-1B |
| David Ortiz-DH |
| J.D. Drew-RF |
| Mike Lowell-3B |
| Josh Reddick-LF Alex Gonzalez-SS Jon Lester-SP |
The Red Sox are going to be in the playoffs and they are going to be playing the Angels in the first round. A six game Yankee lead is too much to overcome at this point. How would you set up the rotation? Josh Beckett is the defacto ace of the staff but Lester has been a better pitcher lately. Here is a look at what the playoffs might look like:
Game 1 Josh Beckett/Jon Lester in Anaheim
Game 2 Josh Beckett/Jon Lester in Anaheim
Game 3 Clay Buchholz/Dice-K/Tim Wakefield in Boston
Game 4 Josh Beckett/Jon Lester in Boston
Game 5 Josh Beckett/Jon Lester in Anaheim
If Lester pitches game one he can also start at Fenway where he is unstoppable. He did not pitch against the Angels this season and had one start against them last season where he gave up 4 runs in 5 innings, but I think most in Red Sox Nation would feel more comfortable with him on the mound to start the series. My rotation is in bold but I have a feeling that Beckett will get the start in Game 1.
The Angels are going to have a tough time figuring out their rotation, they have Lackey, Weaver, Saunders, Santana and Kazmir all wanting to start and all with similar numbers. (Santana looks to be the odd man out and Kazmir is a big question mark for the Angels)
Even though his defimation lawsuit against his former trainer was thrown out earlier this month, Roger Clemens* continues to dig deeper into the massive hole of denial. Now he has turned to twitter to get his message out. Since speaking to millions through national TV interviews and appearing in front of Congress did not get his version of the story out he is posting updates like these to get people on his side:
Some people are just ASS CLOWNS! it would be nice to one day have a chance to have our say in a fair setting
And yes we will. Our side is loaded with info. Can't wait to get it out there!!! Coming soon
One of the great Red Sox sites on the web came to a halt tonight. Ian Bethune posted a note on his site Sox & Dawgs to explain his decision:
I've always been someone who has given 110% on no matter what I do in life. So when I realized I could no longer offer that, I decided this was the best step to take right now. I'd rather not do anything at all then give you something half ass when you expect more of me. Believe me this decision didn't come easily. I've gone back in forth in my head all day.But in the end, I knew when I wrote down that I couldn't give the 110% on everything that it was time to think about things....Maybe I'll have a change of heart in the morning, maybe I won't. I do know for right now, I need to take time to figure things out.
The Red Sox continued to look like a team that is ready for the playoffs and Clay Buchholz looked like a true number three starter. Buchholz gave up 5 hits and 1 run in 6 innings tonight and earned his 6th win.
The Red Sox offense was powered by J-Bay who went yard in the 4th before leaving the game with the flu. Casey Kotchman seemed to benefit from his recent time in the lineup by going 3-4 with a RBI in the game.
The bullpen was spectacular; Bard, Oki, and Papelbon combined for 3 hitless innings.
Red Sox Win 3-1 BOX SCORE
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| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Orioles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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| Alex Gonzalez-SS Clay Buchholz-SP |
Red Sox owner John Henry has a new post up on NESN where he vehemently defends David Ortiz and says that the media owes him an apology for their reporting. He specifically calls out Dan Shaughnessy and Tony Masserotti. in the article.
David spent more than a week trying to get to the bottom of why he was on that list. He began only with the knowledge that he had never used steroids. It was a nightmarish week of frustration for David. I could not believe the rush to judgment that took place.I understand why people want to support Ortiz in this matter and I understand why the members of the media are skeptical. We still do not have the full story and Henry has a right to defend his star player but the way Ortiz addressed the situation at the beginning and during the press conference has allowed for some doubt in his story. The Boston media is not responsible for an injustice to Ortiz. The MLBPA, MLB and those that have broken the rules before him have led to a climate of guilty until proven innocent, especially when there is circumstantial evidence. Henry never apologized for the Red Sox signing Gagne when they knew he was a steroid user.
We all know I am a Tek fan. Always have been. This off season, I was just sick thinking that he might not get resigned by the team. When he did sign, I was happy as could be...jumping up and down...and singing from the roof tops. I think the world of our Captain.
I also think it's time for the Captain to be the Captain from the bench. I had accepted his diminished bat for the other things he does. But with two glaring errors in the past two days, umm...yeah, it's time to call a spade a spade.
In the game on Wednesday....Tek let a ball get beyond him on a strike 3 from Ramon Ramirez that caused all hell to break loose and our boys to go from having a 2 run lead to having a 2 run deficit.
Then last night. Josh Beckett threw a nasty breaking ball...that Tek went to the mound and called. And, Tek lost the ball again and it allowed the runner on 3rd to score...game tied.
Ugh with a side of ugh. With defense like that, I can no longer defend his lack of offense. V MART should be our starting catcher, in my lowly opinion.
Sorry Captain. I still love you. Always will. I just can't stand strong in your defense any longer. Sad times, sad times.
Yankees Beat Writer Peter Abraham of the LoHud Yankees blog has accepted a job with the Boston Globe to blog about the Red Sox. Before you get mad and say why is a Yankee guy going to cover the Red Sox, take a step back from the rivalry and understand that Boston is getting one of the great beat writers in baseball. Earlier this season we interviewed Peter Abraham prior to a Yankees/Red Sox series here on Fenway West. He has a great following and will bring outstanding baseball writing to the Hub. So let us be among the many who wish him good luck now that he is on the right side of the rivalry.
Read more...Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Victor Martinez-1B
Jason Bay-LF
David Ortiz-DH
Mike Lowell-3B
J.D. Drew-RF
Jason Varitek-C
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Josh Beckett-SP
Hi All! It's time for another charity update. As I have stated in previous months, I committed to donating $10 to charity for every Red Sox win in 2009. After the All Star Break...the Red Sox seemed to hate charity since they seemed hell bent against racking up wins. However, they seem to be a fan of the charity once again!
For the month of August, the Red Sox won 15 games, so that mean $150 going to charity. This month, the money was donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The money is spent to fund research in hopes of finding a cure to Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.
I participate in our local walk each and every year, so this month was an easy one to pick the charity. Diabetes is a disease that pulls at my heart strings. My mom unfortunately passed away in 2007 from diabetes related complications. It's one of those diseases that can be managed, but if it is not....it can lead to countless problems. I have such hopes that there will be a cure for the disease in my lifetime so that people do not need to suffer like my mom did.
I used to walk for my mom when she was with us...and since she has passed away, I have walked in her honor. If you happen to have a few extra dollars lying around and want to donate, feel free to donate to my walk page. The walk has come and gone, but they accept donations for about another month.
Now let's review the charities we have given money in 2009.
April $140.00 Donated to MalariaNoMore.Org
May $150.00 Donated to Bob Woodruff Foundation
June/July $310.00 Donated to The Jimmy Fund
August $150.00 Donated to JDRF
for a total of $750.00 being donated in 2009. And in September, we have won 10 games...and I hope we finish all kinds of STRONG! And let's not forget OCTOBER!
Let's Go Red Sox! Not only do walk off wins like last night bring us all kinds of warm fuzzy happiness, but they also help our some really amazing charities.
"I don't give a damn about this place. I just play. I can't speak for everybody else," Hunter said. "We gotta play better. … If you do this in the regular season, what's going to happen in the playoffs?
"A lot of players on this team are getting it wrong. It's not more important to play this team (the Red Sox) than the Tampa Bay Rays or Seattle Mariners. You play the same game. You do what you do. You have fun. You don't change your game because it's the Red Sox or the Yankees. If you play nervous, you're going to make mistakes. Show some (guts)."
So, last night walk off by Alex Gonzalez happened. It did. I am smiling from ear to ear as a result. After the game, I had some Red Sox induced adrenaline so I had a hard time falling asleep. I spent way too much time blathering about the awesomeness of the Red Sox on the twitter. Then, I read this article at 1:35 AM EST by Adam Kilgore over at the Globe. Let's just highlight a few things.
Green revealed after the game that he has been battling a "dead leg" and he thought he was going to collapse during the at-bat and had no chance to get a hit.
Afterward, closer Brian Fuentes claimed the Red Sox get calls from umpires at Fenway because the umps are afraid, and that players on his team and on others agreed with him. "It seems like some times, especially here and some other places, some guys are timid to make a call," Fuentes said. "It just seems like that’s the way it is. At Fenway. You hear it time and time again from other guys. The same thing happens when they come through. It’s something you have to live with. It’s either human mistake, or they’re scared. It’s one of the two."
Despite winning 7 in a row, the Sox remain 6.5 games behind the Yanks, but only 5 behind in the loss column. Texas has lost 4 in a row, distancing themselves from the Red Sox in the Wild Card race by 6.5 games.
Sox Win 9-8 BOX SCORE
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Tim Wakefield is "losing strength" in his leg due to the back injury. He met with doctors today and it is not looking good
Kevin Youkilis: lower back spasms near his kidneys have him out again tonight and possibly for tomorrow.
Victor Martinez: he is away from the team for a personal matter and should be back tomorrow.
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Jason Bay-LF
Mike Lowell-3B
David Ortiz-DH
Rocco Baldelli-RF
Jason Varitek-C
Casey Kotchman-1B
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Paul Byrd-SP
Jason Varitek spoke with reporters after last night's win over the Angels. Watch below:
Alex Rodriguez* does not respect the stadium he plays in nor his fellow teammates according to a post from YankeesMix.com:
He has this habit between almost every inning where he takes this slobbered mass of pink matter, comprised of at least five or six pieces of synthetic rubber (or gum) from his pie hole, and throws it on the Stadium's fine Kentucky bluegrass. When the Yanks notch a win, take notice, he has a special gum flip where he pops it out of his mouth and into the air, then whacks it away just before he starts shaking his drooly hands with his teammates.Read more...
The Yankees and Jays were involved in a bench clearing brawl tonight. Watch the video below before MLB takes it down:
You can expect a slew of suspensions are forthcoming...ha ha.
For this series or for the first round of the playoffs we offer you some proper attire:
After several weeks of silence David Ortiz is blogging again and he is ready for the playoffs:
Not everybody gets prepared to be playing in October, but this ballclub gets prepared to be playing in October. We've made some moves the last couple of months that are going to help us get where we want to go.Things are quickly falling into place for another special fall for the Red Sox. Read more...
"On the road back I've been a burden on my teammates more than anything, and I feel that I owe them."
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| LA Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
J.D. Drew-RF
Jason Bay-LF
David Ortiz-DH
Mike Lowell-3B
Casey Kotchman-1B
Jason Varitek-C
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Dice-K-SP
MLB has released the 2010 schedule. After only coming to the Bay Area once in 2009, the Red Sox will play out here 3 times in 2010; twice against the A's and once against the Giants.
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“He has done an outstanding job of committing to a program and getting himself in what we consider, just to the naked eye, better shape,” Farrell said. “He’s reshaped his body. He’s added core strength. He’s gotten the strength levels in his shoulder back to a level where he was a year ago. I think he feels good about himself as well, so we’re all looking forward to his next time out here.”
In his latest blog post Peter Gammons tries to explain the current Red Sox season and where it could possibly end up. To get his point across he throws in some Garcia/Hunter:
It has been a long, strange trip to get here, with three weeks remaining and the team having a chance to reach the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years.
For now, it comes down to the final 20 games, half of which are away from Fenway. It starts with Matsuzaka against Lackey, which goes to show you never can tell.So enjoy a little Jerry on this off day:
J-Bay wraped one around the Pesky Pole yesterday for on of the shortest homers anyone could hit. He joked about it after the game. Watch below:
As of right now, the Ace of the Boston starting rotation is Jon Lester. Beckett may have had that title, and he may well earn it back (as evidenced by his latest start), but right now it’s Lester.
mound back in the ‘50’s. The 2nd game of today’s double-header bears witness to this. Lester went 8 shutout innings and allowed only 2 hits, while striking out 7 to lead the Sox of a doubleheader sweep and a series sweep over the reeling Rays. Billy Wagner tossed a scoreless 9th inning.
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| Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Victor Martinez-1B
J.D. Drew-RF
Jason Bay-LF
David Ortiz-DH
Mike Lowell-3B
Jason Varitek-C
Alex Gonzalez-SS
Jon Lester-SP
Clay Buchhoz had a no decision in game one of today's doubleheader against the Rays, but he is the reason the Red Sox won; he pitched 7 innings and gave up just 1 run on 5 hits. He took another step in becoming the #3 starter if the Red Sox make the post-season. Oki pitched a perfect 8th and Papelbon came in to earn his 36th save in the 9th.
The offense was having a hard time getting hits off of Rays starter Matt Garza, but in the 6th Pedey just missed a homer with a wall-ball double and V-Mart drove him to put the Sox on the board. Pedroia also had a 2-run homer off of Garza in the 8th.
Game 1 of the Rangers doubleheader is delayed until at least 5pm so the Red Sox now have a 3.5 game lead in the wild-card standings.
Red Sox Win 3-1 BOX SCORE
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| Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
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Red Sox owner John Henry has started a blog on NESN and in his first post he warned readers not to take him so seriously:
Now I realize that if I, for instance, joke around about a curse ... oooeuff! Some people seem to take everything seriously in sports -- everything. I don’t know how anyone can take curses seriously!
I kidded about Yankees Universe and the fact that Red Sox Nation has ceded many of the planets in our own solar system to the Yanks ... oh boy. Some took great offense. “SOX OWNER BASHES YANKS!”
So let's be clear. This blog will often be written with a sense of humor. And it will be controversial for at least a couple of reasons. Number one -- I'm writing it. Number two -- I have had a lifelong tendency to be blunt.
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Victor Martinez-C
Kevin Youkilis-3B
Jason Bay-DH
Casey Kotchman-1B
Rocco Baldelli-RF
Josh Reddick-LF
Nick Green-SS
Clay Buchholz-SP
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