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| Red Sox fans get no more annoying than this guy | | 2008-07-07 15:25:13 | | Red Sox fans are already bad enough but watching 2 and half minutes of this guy will either make you gag or make you cheer, depending on whether or not you can stand Red Sox nation. Get the barf bag ready.
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| | Game 89: Yankees vs. Red Sox | | 2008-07-06 17:12:00 | | Regular Season Game 89Yankees (46-42) vs. Red Sox (52-38)Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NYGame Time: 8:05 p.m.TV: ESPN - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880Here are the lineups:YANKEES Brett Gardner LFDerek Jeter SSBobby Abreu RFAlex Rodriguez 3BJason Giambi 1BJorge Posada DHRobinson Cano 2BMelky Cabrera CFJose Molina CJoba Chamberlain RHP (2-2, 2.22 ERA) RED SOX Jacoby Ellsbury LFDustin Pedroia 2BJ.D. Drew RFMike Lowell 3BKevin Youkilis 1BSean Casey DHCoco Crisp CFJulio Lugo SSKevin Cash C Tim Wakefield RHP (5 | | By: Sliding Into Home | | |
| | New Era Custom MLB Fitted Caps (Red Sox, Indians, Pirates) | | 2008-07-06 14:45:26 | | Everyone’s favorite fitted shop not on the mainland, Fitted Hawaii, has commissioned three new Custom MLB New Era Fitted Caps. The Pittsburgh Pirates is on an all black hat with yellow eyelets, purple Pirates “P” logo and white button. With the Cleveland Indians they used a yellow brim with all black on all six panels [...] | | By: Individual Sole | | |
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| 7 Red Sox Chosen as All-Stars | | 2008-07-06 14:02:00 | | Seven members of the Red Sox were named to the 2008 All-Star Game today, and four of them are starters: Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia (pictured), Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. For Youk and Dustin, it's their first time in the Midsummer Classic, and Big Papi will not be in the game due to his injury, but he will be in attendance. (Milton Bradley will take his spot as starting DH.)The players also voted in on the Red Sox were J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek (a bit of a surprise considering his offensive struggles, but it shows how respected he is among his peers, and how much A.J. Pierzynski is truly dispised). The lone Red Sox pitcher is Jonathan Papelbon, who was also chosen by the players.Here is the complete list of players going to the game:AL STARTERS: Joe Mauer (c), Kevin Youkilis (1b), Dustin Pedroia (2b), Derek Jeter (ss), Alex Rodriguez (3b), Manny Ramirez, Ichiro Suzuki, Josh Hamilton (of), David Ortiz (DH).NL STARTERS: Geovany Soto (c), Lance Berkman (1b), Chase Utley (2b), Han | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Moose And Mo And A 9th Inning Foiled Boston Comeback...Yankees 2 Red Sox 1 | | 2008-07-06 03:55:00 | | The Boston Red Sox ALMOST completed a ninth inning comeback against Mariano Rivera. They sure had their chances. They had scored one run to make the score 2-1 and had the bases loaded with no (zero, none, nada) outs. The bases were full. Here's what transpired. The score was 2-0 Yankees and JD Drew led off this final inning with a single, his second hit of the game. Manny followed and was hit by a pitch, the sixth but not the last time a batter was plunked in this late afternoon contest. Mike Lowell singled to right, driving in the first Sox run. 2-1 Bad Guys. Still no outs. Kevin Youkilis was then hit by a pitch. That would be number seven and the last hit batsman of this soon-to-be-over game. Still 2-1 and Mo beared down. In short order, Coco Crisp struck out, Jason Varitek, who usually wears Rivera out, popped out and Julio Lugo, Boston's last hope, struck out. A golden opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of their hated rivals was wasted, and the game was over. Here's wha | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Game 88: Yankees vs. Red Sox | | 2008-07-05 13:45:00 | | Regular Season Game 88Yankees (45-42) vs. Red Sox (52-37)Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NYGame Time: 3:55 p.m.TV: FOX - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880Here are the lineups:YANKEES Brett Gardner LFDerek Jeter SSBobby Abreu RFAlex Rodriguez 3BJason Giambi DHWilson Betemit 1BRobinson Cano 2BMelky Cabrera CFJose Molina CMike Mussina RHP (10-6, 3.87 ERA)RED SOX Jacoby Ellsbury LFDustin Pedroia 2BJ.D. Drew RFManny Ramirez DHMike Lowell 3BKevin Youkilis 1BCoco Crisp CFJason Varitek CAlex Cora SSJustin Masterson RHP | | By: Sliding Into Home | | |
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| Red Sox Sock Yankees Again...Boston 6 Yankees 4 | | 2008-07-05 04:20:00 | | Friday afternoon, July 4th of 2008 was quite the day for Red Sox players and fans alike in New York City as Boston soundly defeated the downtrodden home team who go by the name "Yankees" by a score of 6-4. Darrell Rasner was absolutely no match for Sox ace Josh Beckett, and it showed. Josh was able to go six complete innings, throwing slightly more than 100 pitches, as he overcame a shaky first frame and got tougher and tougher as the game rolled by. The bullpen took over in the 7th, and Hideki Okajima strode to the mound, Phiton titanium necklace firmly in place. Once again it was not a good outing for him. He DID record two outs, but also walked two and surrendered a base hit. So Manny Delcarmen was called on to extinguish the smoldering fire that is the Yankee offense. And he did just that before running into minor trouble in the eighth. One pinstriper was on and there was one out. Tito Francona needed a lefthander to pitch to the lefty batter, so out came Javy Lopez. Obviously it w | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Boston Red Sox 6 NY Yankees 4 | | 2008-07-04 13:43:00 | | Josh Beckett gutted out a tough three run first inning and held firm, allowing the bullpen to pitch the last three innings. A Mikey Lowell 3 run home run was the decisive clout. SOX WIN AGAIN! A full wrap in the morning. Happy Independence Day! | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Boston Red Sox 7 NY Yankees 0...HAPPY 4th Of July To All! | | 2008-07-04 04:07:00 | | The Boston Red Sox soundly defeated the reeling New York Yankees Thursday night at the Stadium by a score of 7-0. Jon Lester was superb with every aspect of his pitching and spun his second complete game, his first since his no hitter. Manager Terry "Tito" Francona had this to say..."He used his two-seamer, his cutter, his four-seamer, got a lot of first-pitch strikes, got some double plays," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "He really looked like a 6-foot-5 major league left-hander."And here is his wonderful pitching line... IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA J. Lester (W, 7-3) 9.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 3.21 JD Drew, Yankee "fan favorite" Kevin Youkilis and Coco Crisp, back from his 5 game suspension, had 2 hit games and Jacoby Ellsbury had 2 RBIs. With 11 hits, they were able to score six runs more than they needed, but I like 7. It's a nice crooked number. The loss prompted Yankee manager Joe Girardi to call a post-game team meeting, and after a contentious war of words | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | SWEPT AWAY, FAR FAR AWAY...Tampa Bay Rays 7 Boston Red Sox 6 | | 2008-07-03 04:09:00 | | The Boston Red Sox seemed to be in good shape after six innings Wednesday night in Tampa Bay. They were ahead by a score of 4-1 and needed just five or six outs to get to "Papelbon time." But two things, two people, actually, stood between them and a salvaging victory. They were Manny Delcarmen and Craig Hansen. They imploded completely, with neither recording a single out. Six runs later, the score was 7-4 and the game was out of reach. Boston added single runs in the eighth and ninth, but it was too little, too late. What had seemed to be a certain victory ended up to be a series sweep win for the first place Rays.Daisuke Matsuzaka started for the Sox and had immense trouble finding the strike zone in the first two innings. He clearly has to do something about that horrid control. He has great stuff on all his pitches but that means nothing when you walk five opposing hitters. He threw 101 pitches in that short span and handed the ball over to Hideki Okajima for the sixth. Okie was d | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Beisbol, Tampa Bay - Boston Red Sox (02/07) | | 2008-07-02 05:31:00 | | BEISBOLMLB - Liga NorteamericanaMadrugada del Martes al MiercolesLivescore en este enlace01:10h Boston Red Sox (50/35) - Tampa Bay (50/32)Sigue la MLB, liga norteamericana de Beisbol, y tenemos duelo estrella en esta madrugada, los dos equipos que lideran la "American League Este", los Boston Red Sox y los Tampa Bay. La pasada noche se enfrentaron con victoria para Tampa Bay con un ajustado 4-5, ahora se vuelven a enfrentar en el mismo escenario. Para los estadisticos, Tampa lleva 2 victorias consecutivas y jugando como local tiene unos números excelentes, 31 victorias en 44 partidos. Los Boston Red Sox llevan 3 derrotas consecutivas, y como visitantes han perdido 25 de los 44 partidos disputados. Partido complicado, pero cogeremos la victoria de Tampa BayApuesta: Victoria de Tampa BayCasa de apuestas: Bwin (llevate el bono bwin)Cuota: 1,85Resultado: Acertado
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| | Punchless Red Sox Beaten Again...Tampa Bay Rays 3 Boston Red Sox 1 | | 2008-07-02 04:38:00 | | For the seventh straight start, Timmy Wakefield pitched at least seven innings and allowed fewer than three earned runs. Yet the Boston Red Sox were again without the timely hits and lost to the first place Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 3-1. His ERA over that span is a nifty 1.98, but because of a lack of run support, his record is 2-3. Unfathomable. Two wild pitches were a part of his undoing, as well as a walk and an Alex Cora error. But when a team scores only one run on six hits, which was the same number of hits the Rays banged out, there is NO room for error. Here's what Tim had to say after absorbing his sixth loss...“I’m just in a really bad spot, I guess,” Wakefield said. “My job is to go out there and give us quality starts and innings and keep us in the game as long as possible, and I’ve been fortunate enough to do that. . . . We put runs on the board in Houston. It’s just a matter of firing on all cylinders right now. These guys (the Rays) aren’t like they used | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Eighth Inning Doom, Mayhem And Disaster...Astros 3 Red Sox 2 | | 2008-06-30 04:45:00 | | For the first time since May 14th, Boston manager Terry Francona summoned his lefthander Hideki Okajima with a man or men on base. A wild pitch allowed that runner, Miguel Tejada, to scamper to second base. A pinch hitter strode to the plate, none other than old friend Mark Loretta, who promptly laced a flat slider (I think) into the outfield for a base hit, scoring Tejada. That proved to be the winning run as the Houston Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox by a score of 3-2.Josh Beckett again pitched well enough to win, going seven innings and allowing only two runs on eight hits, striking out four and walking one. David Aardsma, who allowed the potential winning run to reach first, was lifted after recording one out and it was Okie time. You know the rest. Okie has allowed 12 of 25 inherited runners to score, and this one hurt. It moved the Red Sox to second place as they prepare for a three game series with the pesky and potent Tampa Bay Rays, who will have their three best starters | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | An Ugly And Avoidable Astros' Comeback Foils The Red Sox...Houston 11 Boston 10 | | 2008-06-29 04:36:00 | | It's Sunday morning, a "morning after" time for Red Sox Nation and Red Sox International. I know you can't win 'em all, but with leads of 4-0 and 9-6, the Boston Red Sox managed to lose Saturday night's game in Houston by a score of 11-10. I have to be honest with you...I did not see a minute of the game, so I am ill equipped to write about it. That doesn't happen often, as you know. But sometimes, the less said, the better. So I'll do exactly that. You can consider it a bad night for Jon Lester, who has been tremendous this year, and Manny Delcarmen, who allowed the winning runs to score late in the game. We pin our hopes on Josh Beckett today to end the National League set of games on a winning note. Josh is overdue for a victory, mainly because the Sox are not putting up many crooked numbers on the scoreboard to back his efforts. This team needs a "W." TODAY.Have a great Sunday, enjoy the afternoon baseball (2:05pm EDT) and then get ready for the rough and ready Tampa Bay Rays, begi | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Daisuke Progress...Red Sox 6 Astros 1 | | 2008-06-28 04:11:00 | | Daisuke Matsuzaka's second start since going out with shoulder fatigue can be described with this one word...PROGRESS. He was able to go five scoreless innings and threw only 87 pitches. Why didn't he go longer? It's a matter of strength. Here's what he and his manager had to say after the third straight Red Sox victory..."I'm not even counting my last start," Matsuzaka said through an interpreter. "But I did feel like I did come back with this start. I just hope gradually I can make back all the trouble that I caused. I don't know if I'd say happy, but there was a minimum standard I wanted to reach out there today," he said. "I feel that, with my next start and going forward, it will just get better and better.""The ball came out of his hand crisp," Francona said. "I know he felt good, but we want to progress him to where he gets stronger."Peter here, and that's EXACTLY what this first place world championship team, the Good Guys from Boston, needs--a healthy Daisuke. Oh, maybe throw | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Boston Red Sox At The Halfway Point | | 2008-06-27 04:12:00 | | The Boston Red Sox are about to begin a 10 game road trip in three cities. They start tonight (Friday) in Houston for three weekend games, go to Tampa Bay for three, which should be very interesting, and end up in the city that never sleeps to play the Yankees for four. The Yankee rotation is tattered and torn, bent, folded and stapled, so I hope the Sox can take advantage of that. But one game at a time, and tonight, all eyes will be on Daisuke Matsuzaka, who will be making his second start after his injury timeout. I'm sure you remember the disaster that was his last start, and I really hope he can put together six or seven good innings. Should he do so, the bullpen is rested and ready to take over for the final three. Last year at this time, the Red Sox had a record of 50-31 with a lead of 10 1/2 games in the AL East. This year, at least right now, their lead is a slim 1/2 game, with the LAST place team 10 1/2 games back. But Boston's record is only one game worse, standing right no | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Cash Will Carry...Red Sox 5 D'backs 0 | | 2008-06-26 04:22:00 | | In the oldest pitching matchup ever at Fenway Park, Tim Wakefield and three relievers bested Randy Johnson and blanked the Arizona Diamondbacks, limiting them to just 3 hits. Timmy went seven strong, allowing two of those hits, Little Manny Delcarmen threw a scoreless eighth, extending his scoreless streak to 11 straight appearances, and Hansen was called on to pitch the ninth. He couldn't do it, leaving with the bases loaded and two down. Five Papelbon pitches later, the game was over and the victory was secured. The biggest hit in the game was a three run eighth inning tater from catcher Kevin Cash that went into the parking lot beyond the Monster Seats. He said this after the game... "It was a big hit, but it was a bigger hit because they loaded the bases against us in the ninth inning," Cash said. "He threw me some fastballs inside, but he threw me a slider that caught too much of the plate and I got it. It felt good to contribute like that."Peter here, and Cash has been a pleasant | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | | 19th Nervous Breakdown...Red Sox 5 D'backs 4 | | 2008-06-25 04:30:00 | | For the nineteenth time this season, the Boston Red Sox rallied in the late innings for a comeback victory. This time it was the eighth inning when the Sox bats did their magic, with a rocket double by the clutch Mike Lowell tying the score and a single by the captain, Jason Varitek, that brought in what would be the eventual winning run. Jason, who had been mired in a 1 for 29 slump, said this after the game..."In the middle of it (the slump), I hit some balls hard and got on some 'Web Gems' and stuff," kidded Varitek. "I don't really know what triggers a good stretch. Like two days ago, I lined out twice on two different types of pitches. I struck out but I had a really good at-bat. "I haven't connected the way I would have liked so we're working on changes, mostly from the left side."It's really like being two different players. It really is. At times it means a lot more work and then at times I have to back off because my main responsibility is keeping us in the game defensively an | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Great Arizona Pitching Dooms Boston...D'backs 2 Red Sox 1...More About Carlin | | 2008-06-24 04:27:00 | | What can you say about last night's game except this - Dan Haren was unbeatable. The Red Sox only managed two hits with no runs in the seven innings he pitched, and scored their only run off Pena, who pitched the eighth. Josh Beckett, who knew he had to go eight innings to give the overworked Boston bullpen a breather, did exactly that, and he pitched great, too. He would have won most games with a pitching line like last night's. But a bobble by Moss, who was playing first base because Kevin Youkilis was hit below his right eye on a one-hop throw from Mike Lowell, proved costly, allowing one of the two D'back runs to score. Youk was taken out immediately because the eye started to swell within seconds. Today, he will wake up with quite the shiner, and I hope that's all. The D'backs scored both of their runs in that seventh inning, and they stood up. But the story of the game was Arizona pitcher Dan Haren, who is one of the best in all of baseball. Here's what Josh Beckett and Mike Low | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Legends Reunion - Yankees vs Red Sox | | 2008-06-23 16:05:00 | | LOCATION : PNC Field, Scranton, PADATE : Sat, Aug 16, 2008GAME TIME : 1:30 P.M.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Players who will be playing include: Goose Gossage, Craig Nettles, Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Mike Torrez, Luis Tiant.More info here at --> this link | | By: The Evil Empire | | |
| | YOOUUK!! Red Sox 5 Cardinals 3 | | 2008-06-23 04:02:00 | | This would have been a tough loss and a lousy end to a nice Sunday afternoon, but Kevin Youkilis wanted to go home. So did I, and I WAS home! After all, the players and the crowd had been emotionally involved in a game that lasted more than five hours, including slightly less than an hour rain delay. Youk came up with Mike Lowell on first base and promptly launched one deep into the Monster Seats. That made a winner of Javy Lopez and salvaged one game of the three game set. Here's what the hero of the day had to say after his jubilent tour of the bases..."Sick of playing that game," Youkilis said, after the 5-3 win over the Cardinals. "Glad we got done with it. It was getting a little tiring out there, little humid today with the rain. I just wanted to go home."Peter here again, and I hope your trip home was a little easier than our trip through thirteen innings of hope and angst, Kevin. The four extra innings provided thrills and chills galore, as each team had plenty of chances to sc | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Boston Red Sox To Honor The World Champion Boston Celtics | | 2008-06-20 04:40:00 | | By now on this Friday morning, you all know that the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship by humiliating the LA Lakers. Since the turn of the century, Boston has six world titles among the four major sports (baseball, football, hockey and basketball). No other city can make the same claim, and we here in New England and all of Red Sox Nation and Red Sox International should be proud. I know I sure am. It's only the fourth time an NBA team won it all in the same city as the previous World Series champions. That's something very special. And tonight, before the game with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Sox will honor the "Green Team" with a pre-game ceremony that will be attended by all the Celtics. And that's just great. Here are some thoughts from Kevin Youkilis and his manager, Terry Francona..."I think in this city right now, there's a certain air of confidence you have to have to play in this city and I think that the big thing is, the Celtics have that," Francona said. "It's not ea | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Another JD Drew-Powered Victory...Red Sox 7 Phillies 4 | | 2008-06-19 04:26:00 | | JD Drew's June numbers (so far) are AL Player of the Month caliber. He's batting .441 with nine home runs and 21 RBI in 17 games. That's nothing short of awesome. And his club, OUR club, took the three game series with the Phillies with a getaway day 7-4 win. Justin Masterson went the first five frames but was not as effective, control-wise, than in his earlier starts. Just 53 of his 92 pitches were strikes, but he held the potent Philadelphia lineup to 4 hits and 2 runs. Javie Lopez pitched a quick and clean sixth before the roof came close to crashing down. Why? Two words...Craig Hansen. He failed to record an out and gave up two runs and two hits. Add a walk to those woeful numbers and you can begin to imagine the mess that Manny Delcarmen inherited. After walking the first hitter he faced to load the bases (remember, the score was 7-4 at the time), he retired the next three, striking out Ryan Howard to end the inning and preserve that three run lead. He breezed through the eighth a | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Jon Lester Leads The Red Sox To Victory...Boston 3 Philadelphia 0 | | 2008-06-18 04:52:00 | | Jon Lester was unbelievable in Philadelphia last night, going seven dominating innings, allowing zero runs and giving up only six hits while striking out five, including Monday night's hitting hero Ryan Howard four times. Wow!! Lester has not allowed more than three earned runs in 10 straight starts. He has made us literally forget about Johan Santana. Hideki Okajima pitched a clean eighth and Jonathon Papelbon struck out the side in a 14 pitch ninth to make it official. It was his 20th save. Lester had this to say after the game..."I tried to keep them off-balance as best I could," Lester said. "It's a good fastball-hitting team with all that pop. I just tried to mix the ball up and down, in and out and I was fortunate to do that. Our main objective early on was to establish something soft, something not in their bat path and we did that with some curveballs early to Howard. We got them off the fastball a little bit." Peter here. Way to go, Jon. It seems your confidence is growing by | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Philly Beats Colon, Red Sox...DVD Winners Update...Philadephia 8 Boston 2 | | 2008-06-17 08:37:00 | | Things didn't work out that well Monday night in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, as the home team beat the world champs 8-2. Home runs by Dustin Pedroia and JD Drew were how the two Sox runs scored, and boy, is JD swinging the bat well! Hey Mr. Drew, keep it up, maybe through the end of October. Please?Things didn't go so well for Sox starter Bartolo Colon, who had his first really bad start of this season. But Philly can hit the heck out of the ball, and when Colon tried to do the same exact thing, his helmet flew off and he hurt his back by flailing wildly at a pitch. I hope he will not miss a start and I cannot wait to be back at Fenway after the Thursday off day.To the two very special DVD winners, my apologies. The sets went out, mailed from the main Hartford post office to speed delivery times, but I wasn't able to do it until this early morning. One padded envelope is on its way to Farmington and one is winging its way to our neighbor, Canada. So many things happened t | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Second Chance Win For Boston...Red Sox 6 Reds 4...HAPPY FATHER'S DAY...GO CELTICS! BEAT LA!! | | 2008-06-15 04:32:00 | | The bottom of the ninth inning started hopeful and bright. And why not? Jonathon Papelbon was on the mound and the good guys, the Boston Red Sox, were ahead by a score of 4-3. One out, two outs, absolutely nobody on for the Reds. And then...then, DISASTER as Encarnation jerked a fastball into the stands to tie the game. Possible jubulation instantly turned to complete and utter despair. So extra innings were upon us, and I knew that even if Boston was able to score in the top of the tenth, Paps would not be pitching. OUCH! Back to back home runs by Kevin Youkilis, playing in front of SO many hometown fans, and Coco Crisp suddenly made that mournful mood joyful yet again. 6-4 Sox, and after a knock on the bathroom door, Craig Hansen started warming up in the bullpen. His job? Nail down this road win. One pitch, one out. And then two. And then a single put the tying run at the plate. And a walk. GULP! Two outs. Hansen was gunning for his first major league save, and he did it! Final sco | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Harang, Reds Defeat The Red Sox 3-1 in Cincy | | 2008-06-14 04:15:00 | | The Cincinnati Red's Aaron Harang found his rythym after a few bad starts and held the Boston Red Sox to five hits and one run in a 3-1 victory. Boston had not been to Cincinnati since the 1975 World Series. The last Sox pitcher to win a game there was none other than Luis Tiant, or Looo-ie, as he was affectionately called. Justin Masterson pitched well enough to win but he could not match Harang's outing. He had this to say after the game's conclusion... “You always want to be perfect when you go out in front of your friends and family, but Aaron Harang was really good today.“That was probably the best I’ve felt. The ball was sinking really good. For the most part, my slider was moving. I hung a few pitches.”Manny Ramirez, who was playing leftfield, had to leave the game in the seventh inning when his hamstring tightened up, and he will probably get the day off today. That leaves the Sox without their two most feared hitters, Manny and Papi, for this afternoon's game, which st | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Red Sox Are Winners At Fenway...Again. Boston 9 Baltimore 2 | | 2008-06-13 04:30:00 | | The Boston Red Sox continued their torrid play at Fenway Park Thursday night with a 9-2 thumping of the Baltimore Orioles. Their home record is an MLB- best 28-7 and they've won 17 of their last 19 and 18 of the last 21 games at their home, sweet home. But their road record, 14-20, is uncharacteristically mediocre. Why the huge difference? That's something manager Tito Francona would like to analyze with his team as they head for Cincinnati on a charter flight. He said this before their departure last night...“We’re going to try and figure that on the flight because we haven’t figured it out very well to this point,” manager Terry Francona said. “I know our guys love playing here (at Fenway); you’d be crazy not to - the atmosphere’s maybe the best in baseball. But there needs to be more of an explanation than that, and hopefully we’ll figure it out. Because, ultimately, if we want to get to where we want to go, we’re going to have to play better on the road - but it s | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | DPs, Okie Doom Red Sox | | 2008-06-11 08:48:00 | | Manny Ramirez blasted his 505th home run last night, on the night when Hall of Famer Eddie Murray presented him with an award for joining the 500 Home Run Club. They just happened to be tied on the all-time list with 504, and Manny made good on a pregame promise to pass him last night.Manny's bomb came after J. D. Drew smacked a two-run job to put the Red Sox up 5-4. But Hideki Okajima's struggles continue, especially against the Baltimore Orioles. With a two-run lead in the seventh, Okie gave it up, allowing three runs. Baltimore tacked on three more in the ninth off Craig Hansen to complete their 10-6 win.Josh Beckett struggled early, as he allowed four runs in the second, after the Red Sox scored a run in the first. Beckett settled down, and kept the Orioles off the scoreboard through the sixth. But the Red Sox banged into four double plays, two especially that killed promising innings, including the first when the Red Sox had the bases loaded and none out.It was just the Red Sox' s | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Monday, Monday...An Off Day For The Red Sox After A Clutch Win Against Seattle... Boston 2 Mariners 1...And A Yankees' Loss | | 2008-06-09 04:19:00 | | Looking back on Sunday afternoon at emerald-green Fenway Park, I smile. Justin Masterson, who yesterday became the FIRST PITCHER in the history of the 96 year old park to go unbeaten in his first four appearances, was great. Way to go, Justin! After losing "the feel" for his pitches in the second inning when he walked the first two men, he was saved by an over the shoulder catch in right by co-player of the game JD Drew. He settled down completely after that second frame and pitched six full innings, giving up only one run on three lonely hits. He also walked three and struck out four Seattle batters. All in all, a great history-making performance by the talented Masterson...we'll see more of him and his somewhat quirky delivery often. Here's what manager Tito Francona had to say after the game...“I hope the story continues - we’re still fairly early into the season and I imagine every time he picks up the ball the organization’s got their chest out a little, as they should,” | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Seattle Knuckles Under To Wakefield and Boston...Red Sox 11 Mariners 3 | | 2008-06-08 04:59:00 | | Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield led his Boston Red Sox team to a resounding 11-3 stomping of the Seattle Mariners, and he was flat out brilliant. At one point he retired 12 Mariners in a row. He allowed five hits, but only three of them were longer than 25 feet. Wakes said he was staying back longer during his delivery, and that helps his control as his knuckleballs dart and zoom and dance THROUGH the strike zone. One of his strikeouts victims was Kenji Johjima, and the pitch was eerily reminicent of the famous "eephus" pitch, a pitch thrown so slowly it almost looks like a slo-mo instant reply. The pitch was beautifully slow and the whiff was real. Wakes went seven innings, and the bullpen polished off the west coasters. Craig Hansen continued to show a biting slider and a good fastball and breezed through the eighth. Jonathon Papelbon, summoned to pitch the ninth just to give him some work, allowed one run during a 23 pitch ninth. And then, suddenly, it was over and almost time to watch | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | BOSTON RED SOX CONTINUING UPDATES...The Race For The Triple Crown... | | 2008-06-07 15:16:00 | | 2-0 Boston after two...Manny's second inning two run home run is the difference. Manny, nice to have you back! Tim Wakefield looks like he has it going after two and a half...still 2-0. And in the top of the third, it's 2-2. I'm on way out, so I will say these two words...GO SOX! Over and out...for now. Enjoy your Saturday. The temperature shot up 22 degrees in less than an hour, WITH humidity. Ouch!After 7 great innings from Timmy...6-2 Red Sox. He's thrown more than 106 pitches, so it will be Hansen (?) for the 8th, and then...then is NOW...on to the 8th, and Craig Hansen is pitching for that team for Boston. SHOW THEM THAT SLIDER!!! Back soon...bad start...lead-off single for Mariners..ground ball..Ichiro erased at second...one out...count 2-0...2-1...broken bat pop to Cora..2 outs...still 6-2 Sox. YES...6-2 BOSTON after 7 1/2...who will pitch the top of the ninth...I'll let you know...I think Hansen, with a 4 run lead, should come out to try and get the last three. To be continued. | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Felix Hernandez Shuts Down Boston Red Sox Offense...Seattle 8 Boston 0 | | 2008-06-07 04:21:00 | | Chalk up Friday night's Boston Red Sox loss to the Seattle Mariners, an 8-0 whitewashing, to superior pitching, and that pitching was authored by Felix Hernandez, who ALWAYS pitches well at Fenway Park. Last night, he went six innings and gave up only six hits. The Mariners' bullpen took over from there and made that shutout official. Here's what he, his manager and one of his opponents had to say after the game...“Felix stepped up and has been pretty good in Fenway Park,” Mariners manager John McLaren said.“It was important for me, important for the team. I was trying to keep the lead,” said Hernandez, who won for the second time in as many starts after going seven starts without a win. "He did a great job of keeping us off base, and really not letting us get anything together and when we did have something going, he made some pitches when he had to,” Casey said.Peter here. Boston starter Bartolo Colon's performance was better than the "runs allowed" figure indicates. He wen | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A BRAWL, AN INJURY, A MANNY/YOUK FIGHT, A SWEEP...Red Sox 7 Rays 1 | | 2008-06-06 04:47:00 | | Oh, what an eventful night at Fenway Park in Boston Thursday night. The bad blood between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox spilled over into a violent confrontation between the two rivals near the beginning of what would be a Red Sox victory and sweep. Coco Crisp was hit by Rays pitcher James Shields, who is a complete a**hole, and he promptly charged the mound, setting off an ugly brawl in which somebody could have gotten really hurt. Shields said he was just protecting his team by hitting Coco in the leg, an obvious retaliation from the night before. Crisp had this to say..."People were scratching like we're little girls, trying to scratch out my eyes," said Crisp, sporting several scratches around his eyes. "People were trying to pull my hair like little girls instead of punches. The fight is pretty much over, baseballwise. You want to come in late and get your little blows in, that's cool. It's all good, try to pull some hair."I'm not angry at anybody. There were some chea | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Boston, Beckett Breeze...Red Sox 5 Tampa Bay 1 | | 2008-06-05 04:35:00 | | Josh Beckett and the Boston bullpen made it look easy Wednesday night at Fenway Park with a 5-1 thumping of the formally first place Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox, with the victory, vaulted into first place ahead of the Florida team. They just refuse to lose at home. Tonight they go for the sweep, with Jon Lester facing James Shields. Beckett, who ran his record to 6-4, breezed through the first six innings although he was not quite as sharp as we're all used to. He slipped during a sixth inning delivery but struck out the batter with the very next pitch after a mini-conference at the mound. We do not need to add to the bulging disabled list, although Coco Crisp injured his thumb trying to slide into a knee-blocked second base. He'll be OK for tonight, we have to hope. Here's what the Captain had to say of his battery partner..."His location is getting better," said Varitek, who attributed Beckett's comparatively slow start this season to missing most of spring training because of a bad | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Boston Bops Birds - Colon Sharp Enough...Red Sox 9 Orioles 4 | | 2008-06-02 04:31:00 | | Bartolo Colon won his third straight decision while wearing a Boston uniform and the Red Sox went on a hitting tear, several of them, in fact, and defeated Baltimore 9-4. Another highlight was home run #501 from Manny Ramirez. But Bartolo Colon, who struggled a little bit more than in his first two starts but is clearly what this team needed after Matsuzaka went down, pitched into the 7th inning, giving up 4 earned runs (the last one came in courtesy of Javy Lopez), on 7 hits. He struck out 5 and threw a total of 102 pitches. If he keeps going like this, and he thinks his velocity has not fully returned yet, he will help his club immensely. The O's third base coach, Juan Samuels, said this to Colon as he passed by him yesterday...“I told him, ‘You’ve got your sh*t back,’ Samuel said."Peter here...well said, Juan. I couldn't have put it better myself. I wonder if the Yankees' front office is kicking themselves for not signing Bartolo to an almost risk-free deal like their bitter | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Red Sox "Lucky 13th"...Boston 5 Baltimore 2...Contest Update | | 2008-05-31 04:34:00 | | The Red Sox must be very fond of the east coast of these United States. Last night, Boston defeated the Orioles in 13 long innings by a score of 5-2. Josh Beckett did not get the win, but he pitched a great, if sometimes wild, 6 innings, giving up 2 runs and only 4 hits while walking two and whiffing 10 (!!). He ended up throwing 118 pitches. And then it was the bullpen's time to shine. That's EXACTLY what Okajima, Delcarmen, Lopez, Hansen, Timlin and Jonathon Papelbon did, holding the Birds to those two runs. Timlin earned the win and Paps recorded his 15th save. Pheww...it's great to get a win under our belts - that west trip coast was PAINFUL!The offense was led by Mike Lowell, who drove in the eventual winning runs. He had three hits, as did leadoff hitter supreme Jacoby Ellsbury. Big Papi contributed two more safeties for Boston, but this game was "this" for so long. What is "this?" "This" is another weak offensive display by the Boston lumber, and I'm so glad a few players seem t | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | THE BOSTON RED SOX : Essential Games of Fenway Park...THE REVIEW...THE CONTEST! | | 2008-05-30 04:10:00 | | Hello on this Friday morning, still dark because I woke up much too early. The contest to win one of the two copies of the 6 DVD set from A&E Home Video that chronicles six of the greatest games ever played at Fenway Park as voted by the fans is on! The discs are in my hot hands, and I had a chance to savor a generous helping of each disc. For the full details of which games are included and a list of the bonus features, simply scroll down two posts and you'll find everything you'd want to know. Ok, here goes...The six DVDs are housed in a beautiful metallic silver-colored hard plastic box with easy access to the goodies inside. There are no security stickers to peel off at your own risk. Each disc has one game on it, the earliest being from that magic year of 1967, when Yaz had the year of all years. The date of the game? September 30, 1967, when the Sox were in the thick of an improbable pennant race and needed something Yaz-special. Boy, did they get it! The last disc is also the mo | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Contest For The Immaculate A&E HOME VIDEO DVD set. The Six Greatest Red Sox Fenway Park Games... | | 2008-05-29 09:49:00 | | It's a six DVD set...read my post below for all the DVD details. They're ALL there. Or just click on the title of this post. OK...the first five readers who email me (click on my profile, and you'll find "email" on the upper left) have to guess a number between zero and thirty six. The two closest win the 6 DVD set. If there's a tie (no, no!!), there will be a playoff. Numbers zero through thirty six (0-36). Thanks, you're the best! All emails have to be in by 6 AM EDT Sunday, June 1, 2008. Please, guess...I have already written down the winning number. No hints allowed. GO SOX, and good luck. AND THERE IS ONLY ONE GUESS ALLOWED PER PERSON. How would I know? Trust me, I will......My full review of the set will follow...it's amazing. And just in case, my email is... peter1210@sbcglobal.netP.S. Darren has made the first guess. What is it? That's for me to know until Sunday 6AM..and there are more guesses in...thank you, everyone......so far. Click on that title, and thanks. | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Bedard Bests Wakefield, Red Sox...Seattle 1 Boston 0...RED SOX DVD SET DETAILS | | 2008-05-29 04:37:00 | | The Boston Red Sox hitting woes continued Wednesday night at Safeco Field in Seattle as the Erik Bedard fueled Seattle Mariners defeated the hitless wonders, that baseball team from Boston, by a score of 1-0. The Sox collected two hits, if you want me to be precise, but two hits were clearly not enough. And all this came on a night when the "old man," knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, spun an 8 inning beauty, allowing only five base hits and one run while walking none. His only mistake was a home run ball to Yuniesky Betancourt in the third inning. Wakes had this to say after the stinging road defeat...“I made some adjustments from my last start and they paid off, but unfortunately, I came out on the short end of the stick,” Wakefield said."Manny Ramirez, looking for career home run #500, went 1-3 with a single, which was one of the two Red Sox hits in the game. Clearly the Red Sox hitting has taken a turn southward, WAY southward (at this rate, they'll end up in Cuba!), but after four | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Tough Stuff : Matsuzaka Hurt In Red Sox Loss...Seattle 4 Boston 3 | | 2008-05-28 04:47:00 | | Tuesday night did not go as smoothly as the night before for the Boston Red Sox. They lost to the Mariners by a score of 4-3. Seattle scored a run in the bottom of the ninth off Mike Timlin, who should retire by the All Star break. His dismal record at Safeco Field was the reason I was surprised that he was in there in the first place, but Papelbon had pitched the day before and Okajima had thrown a sixteen pitch eighth. Why Tito Francona couldn't have run Okie out for the ninth is beyond me, and we all know now that the skipper might have blown the game. More bad news had preceded that fateful ninth, for Daisuke Matsuzaka had to leave after four innings and 65 pitches with what was preliminarily deemed "a tired shoulder." I do not like the sound of that...not one bit! Here is what he and his skipper had to say after the game..."He felt some, I guess, fatigue is the right word," manager Terry Francona said. "We're not going to run somebody out there when we think there's something wron | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Colon Wins Again. It's Safe At Safeco For Boston...Red Sox 5 Mariners 3 | | 2008-05-27 04:32:00 | | "Is it safe?" That's the question Sir Lawrence Olivier asked Dustin Hoffman in the thrilling movie MARATHON MAN. Rent it!! Please!!! The late, great Roy Scheider costars with Olivier and Hoffman. And the answer, at least for the Boston Red Sox, is a resoundingly loud YES! They were treated as if THEY were the home team in a thrilling comeback 5-3 victory. They scored four runs in the eighth inning to make a winner of Bartolo Colon. who is 2-0 and is proving himself to be just what the baseball doctor ordered. He was able to go seven strong, giving up only one lonely run on five measly hits. He walked one and struck out four and was in command from his first pitch to his last. And remember this, my friends, he's only going to get better. I'll say it again...HE'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER! What an acquisition by Theo & company!!The Sox were tied with Seattle 1-1 after seven innings before they made something happen against Felix Hernandez, who pitched so well. They scored four runs in the | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Duchscherer Gem For Oakland...Oakland A's 3 Boston Red Sox 0 | | 2008-05-25 03:55:00 | | Justin Duchscherer joked before the game that he was going to "pull a Lester" and pitch a no hitter. And he came darn close to doing it. A Big Papi David Ortiz one out single in the seventh inning and a sixth inning hit batter ('Tek) were the only blemishes in his eight innings of stellar work. This is what Red Sox manager Terry Francona and opposing pitcher and tough-luck loser Josh Beckett had to say after the game...“He commanded every pitch he threw tonight,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. “His command was phenomenal. He did not throw one pitch without a purpose. He kept us off balance. Other than David’s hit and his line drive and Youk’s line drive, we couldn’t do anything.”“It was unfortunate someone had to lose it,” Beckett said. “We don’t have many games like this, period. For what this offense does on a consistent basis, no one has a right to complain about run support.”Peter here, and I ain't complaining about ANYTHING! Josh pitched more than we | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Oakland Jumps Wakefield's Bones...A's 8 Red Sox 3 | | 2008-05-24 04:48:00 | | For the second time in his last three starts, Tim Wakefield allowed seven runs in a game, and the Red Sox seven game winning streak is now merely a part of history. Oakland defeated Boston 8-3 and handed Timmy his third loss of the year. His record is even at 3-3, but he has only had one standout start, an eight inning beauty. It didn't take long for the A's to take command, scoring three runs in the first and four runs in the third. And with Rich Harden on the hill for the home team, there was no way to come back from such a deficit. Terry Francona had this to say..."His stuff is as good as anybody in the league," Sox manager Terry Francona said of Harden, who is 3-0. "He gets into some fastball counts and he doesn't give you a fastball. We've seen him too much. We don't need to face him every other game. I hope he's not going to come back and pitch Sunday."Peter here, and yes, Harden is THAT good, at least when he pitches against us, and NO, he will not be pitching on Sunday. His rec | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Seventh Heaven...Red Sox 11 Royals 8 | | 2008-05-23 04:33:00 | | Well, it wasn't pretty - not by a long shot, but the Boston Red Sox won their seventh straight game Thursday at Fenway Park by defeating the Kansas City Royals 11-8. It was their last Fenway game for the rest of the month of May. The team winged west to Oakland, California yesterday evening. What wasn't pretty about the contest? I'll start with Daisuke Matsuzaka, who improved his spotless record to 8-0. But he was clearly off his game, just as he was in his last start. He pitched five and two thirds innings, allowing three runs on six hits. But his problem yet again was with his control. He walked six KC hitters and threw 118 pitches in his too short outing. Oh, how nice it would be to get seven great innings from him, with one or two walks. But it wasn't to be Thursday. Too many times he nibbled, trying to nudge the outside black of the plate with a sweeping breaking ball. He continually could not hit that target, and at times he seemed literally off balance as he released the ball to | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Bartolo Colon Proves He Can Help Boston Be "Great In 2008"...Red Sox 6 Kansas City 3 | | 2008-05-22 04:38:00 | | The Boston Red Sox got JUST what they needed Wednesday night at Fenway Park as newly acquired veteran Bartolo Colon, three years removed from winning the AL Cy Young Award, pitched five solid innings in a game which the Red Sox won easily by a score of 6-3. It was their sixth win in a row and improved their MLB best record to 30-19. Colon will be our fifth starter for the rest of the year, and, barring injuries, should be able to win 12 plus games. How was he last night? He gave up six hits, two earned runs, walked two and struck out two in a nifty first outing. Here's what his catcher, Jason Varitek, had to say...“He’s going to help us,” catcher Jason Varitek said. “He threw some good strikes, he elevated the ball sometimes, he did good. I saw some 94 MPH's up there. You’ve got to remember it’s still his first outing. It was a good starting point for building his strength.”Peter here, and if he progresses with each and every start the way I think he will, Boston got away | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Wonderful Looking Boston Red Sox DVD Set... | | 2008-05-21 08:12:00 | | Hello on Wednesday morning yet again. This is Peter, and soon I will have a treat for my readers. A&E Home Video has been kind enough to send me a copy of a wonderful sounding Boston Red Sox DVD set called THE ESSENTIAL GAMES OF FENWAY PARK, and two extra sets to give away. I haven't received them yet because I just this hour heard back from A&E Home Video's Suzanne. But when you read what the DVDs are comprised of, I think you'll look forward with anticipation for something like this to make a rainy day with suddenly no Sox game, boredom and hunger for popcorn overriding everything, a great day anyways. I'll be back after you read this, with amazement, as I did. REMEMBER, the set is more than 16 hours running time!!! 16 hours of joy...**************This six-game, 6-DVD collection spans five decades of promise, heart-ache and jubilation, and salutes the legends and definitive moments etched in Red Sox history. Each epic contest in this treasured set was selected by the Red Sox Nation® | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | There may be more Red Sox items buried under new Yankees stadium | | 2008-05-20 08:36:42 | | Ok so I know that all of you remember the whole issue that had come up with the potential Yankees curse that happened about a month ago right?
Well Gino Castignoli, the construction worker who buried the David Ortiz Jersey stated on the Keith Olbermann show last night that he buried more items under the new [...] | | By: Sportfiends | | |
| | Boston Bats Buoy Beckett...Red Sox 11 Miwaukee 7 | | 2008-05-19 04:43:00 | | Sunday was a stange start for Boston Red Sox ace Josh Beckett. He was not on his game, but the Red Sox lumber took care of that and took care of it quickly. It seems Josh has reverted a little to his 2006 form, giving up four home runs. In all, he was able to go seven full, giving up six runs (ouch) on six hits with nine (yep, nine!) strikeouts. This is what a trio of Red Sox guys had to say after Beckett's "what-could-have-been-painful" outing..."A few balls wandered over the plate," Francona said. "He missed a lot of bats but left some good pitches over the plate to good hitters." "He wasn't perfect," Varitek said. "I made some good pitches," Beckett said. "I made some poor pitches."Peter here, and perfect he was not. As Tito said, too many of his pitches were too hittable, and the Brewers, who do not hit for average but have good power to all fields, took advantage. But they tried to take advantage on the wrong afternoon, as the Sox had their hitting shoes on. They clubbed 15 hits a | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Play Two...WIN TWO! Red Sox 7-5 Brewers 5-3 | | 2008-05-18 05:02:00 | | The first game was an afternoon delight. The second game, with a first pitch at 8:36pm EDT, was an error-filled (seven combined errors, a 2008 major league high) nailbiter. But the end result, two wins for the home team that they really needed, was just great. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six and two thirds wonderful innings, and the bullpen took it from there. Kudos go out to Manny Delcarmen, who was temporarily a resident of Terry Francona's doghouse, with good reason to be. Daisuke moves his won/lost record to 7-0 and is now third in the league with an ERA of 2.15. Quite a change from last year. Kevin Youkilis had this to say after the long day was finished..."It was one of those games (game #2) where it seemed like it took forever and you've got to scratch and claw," Youkilis said. "By the end of the game you're dragging, your bat's dragging. Your body. You have to try to will yourself through the end of it."Big Papi and Mike Lowell were the respective hitting stars, but the bullpen s | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | | Manny's Number 498 In A Losing Cause...Twins 7 Red Sox 3 | | 2008-05-13 04:35:00 | | Two horrible starts in a row for the Boston rotation make for a glum morning. After Tim Wakefield had what might have been his worst start in a Boston uniform, Clay Buchholz, whose hold on the number five spot in the rotation seems to be slipping from his grasp, allowed seven runs in only four and two thirds innings. Eight hits and FIVE walks were also a part of his night. I watched every pitch he threw, and I wasn't happy. His fastball was uncontrollable so he had to rely on his off speed stuff. The change-up was continually high, out of the strike zone, hence the five walks. The curveball? Here's the man himself to tell you..."I felt great in the pen, felt like the fastball was good," Buchholz said. "Then I got out there and the fastball wasn't as good as I thought it was. I tried to go to offspeed stuff like I have all year and they were all over it. It felt like they were sitting on every first-pitch changeup or curveball I threw. I know I threw too many offspeed pitches tonight. | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | "Hatchet Face" DFA'd by Red Sox | | 2008-05-12 14:31:00 | | The Julian Tavarez Era in Boston is over.The Red Sox gave the quirky righthander his walking papers today, and designated him for assignment to make room for Sean Casey, who comes off the disabled list today. This season had been a struggle for him, and he had been used infrequently and a long reliever and just didn't pitch well. Tavarez' exit means Craig Hansen stays, and their are still rumors that Tavarez' next stop might be in Denver with the Rockies. The Sox have 10 days to trade him or release him.Before last night's 9-8 loss, the Red Sox traded Bryan Corey (who had been DFA'd twice this season) to the Padres for a player to be named, and sent Jed Lowrie back to Pawtucket.I'm actually going to miss Tavarez, who my friend Adam nicknamed "Hatchet Face." He definitely had his moments with the Red Sox, like those times when instead of throwing the ball to first on a comebacker, he actually rolled it to first. Or when a double play ball was hit to the infield, he'd be shown "directing | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Back On Track...Red Sox 5 Twins 2 | | 2008-05-11 03:55:00 | | The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins by a score of 5-2 Saturday evening, and Friday's loss has faded into the past just like useless windblown dust on the side of an unpaved lonely road. Daisuke Matsuzaka was just what the team needed after the ninth inning defeat the day before, going seven innings and giving up six hits and two earned runs. He had seven K's and 63 of his tidy 93 pitches were strikes. This is what pitching coach John Farrell had to say about Dice K...“We had a lengthy conversation after his (Matsuzaka's) last bullpen session, not that we’re trying to change his style, but just trust his abilities a little bit more around the plate,” pitching coach John Farrell said. “In the middle innings I think he got into a little bit of a rhythm. And what set the tone early was he used his offspeed stuff right from the get-go, didn’t try and overthrow his fastball and got into the flow of the game.”Peter here, and it worked. Farrell has always amazed me wit | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Ninth Inning Win For The Twins...Twins 7 Red Sox 6 | | 2008-05-10 04:07:00 | | Jonathon Papelbon is human. Julio Lugo has been commiting far too many errors. Jon Lester is too unpredictable to count on consistantly, if at all. All of the preceding facts combined Friday night for a ninth inning comeback win for the Minnesota Twins. Jonathon Papelbon surrendered two bottom of the ninth inning runs to take the blown save and the loss. Here is part of what he had to say, taken from the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, with my thanks..."It's frustrating as hell right now, just because the simple fact is I'm throwing good pitches, I'm just not finishing them right now and executing them all the way through the strike zone," Papelbon said. "I'm sitting there in a comfortable position, where I want to be, with one out to get, and I don't finish a split-finger and he bloops it over the third baseman. Simple. The last outing that I had there were three bloop hits and a broken-bat hit,” he said. “You can’t do nothing about that. Tonight I could do something about t | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Comerica The Beautiful...Red Sox 5 Tigers 1 | | 2008-05-09 04:12:00 | | With its smaller than ever outfield dimensions, Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan must be one of Kevin Youkilis' favorite places to play baseball. He hit his fourth home run of the four game set Thursday night to back the solid seven innings of pitching from Josh Beckett. Beckett made some sort of correction in his pitching motion, and it seemed to work - he walked no one. He had this to say...“There’s somebody back home,” said Beckett, “who has been watching me since I was 14 years old and knows me better than anybody. They were the one who saw something. “I’m just trying to get to where I need to be,” he said.Peter here, and he was where WE need him to be last night. He was flat out brilliant, going seven strong and giving up a lone run on six hits. He walked nobody and threw 102 pitches. Craig Hansen followed with a clean eighth inning and Manny Delcarmen surrendered one hit in an eleven pitch ninth. If Hansen can give us a clean inning often, just ONE inning, mind yo | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | COMEBACK WASTED...Tigers 10 Red Sox 9 | | 2008-05-08 04:17:00 | | You can't win 'em all, but last night's 10-9 loss to the Detroit Tigers really hurt. The Tigers had lost five games in a row and Boston had WON five straight. But when the Red Sox finally went ahead by a score of 9-8 going into the bottom of the ninth, an improbable Boston comeback veered into the realm of a probable victory. But it was not to be, for the Tigers, on the strength (??) of a checked-swing roller, a costly error by Julio Lugo, a sacrifice bunt that traveled no more than three yards and a shattered bat bloop single, scored two vital runs to get the victory. I could go into who hit what when, but you can click on the title of this post for all those details. The Boston comeback was thrwarted by the two unearned ninth inning runs. Oh well, turn the page. It's all we can do, so let's do it! I already have, late last night. Sleep was a tossed and turning trip of dreamlike states.It was a bad night for Clay Buchholz, who went four innings and gave up five runs on ten hits. Julia | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Detroit Knuckles Under...Red Sox 5 Tigers 0 | | 2008-05-07 04:21:00 | | When Tim Wakefield pitches the way he did on Tuesday night in the Motor City, it's a thing of beauty and so much fun to watch. He kept pounding the strike zone, walking NOBODY, and threw 98 pitches in his eight full innings of work. Mike Timlin mopped up in the ninth and was just fine. Wakes made a mechanical adjustment with his feet before the game and mixed in many more fastballs. The mix change was suggested by heavy hitting personal catcher Kevin Cash, who has been a tremendous surprise at the plate. Here's what Wakefield and his catcher had to say after the game...“I switched my mechanics from the last two starts, where my knuckleball was good I was kind of all over the place,” he said. “I got more in line with my stride toward the plate. I’m kind of open a little bit so my arm can come down toward the plate, but I think I was too open. I just felt like I was all over the place, looking at the tapes and looking at the feet marks, where they were pointing the wrong way.”W | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Movement to honor the life of the late Red Sox fan | | 2008-05-06 16:56:47 | | Yesterday I reported about the psycho Yankees fan who mowed down a Red Sox fan with her car after they got into an argument at a bar.
Well people joke around and people talk trash between the teams but this is actually someones life who was lost behind this insanity.
Anyway, there is an online petition to [...] | | By: Sportfiends | | |
| | | Wild Walk-Filled Win For The Red Sox...Boston 6 Detroit 3 | | 2008-05-06 04:30:00 | | Normally if you see the number eight in a baseball box score, you would think the pitcher had recorded eight strikeouts. But such was not the case Monday night in Michigan for Boston Red Sox starter and winner Daisuke Matsuzaka. The number eight meant that he had issued eight walks in his five full innings of work. And yet he only allowed one run to the frustrated Tiger lineup, a team who was strengthened by off season wheeling and dealing but has yet to show any results from those player transactions. Last night was more of the same for them, and more of the same for the streaking Red Sox, winners of four straight. Criag Hansen came in to pitch the sixth, which he did 1-2-3, and the seventh, where he got into trouble. But Hideki Okajima bailed him out with two gone in the seventh, and the eighth and ninth innings were capably handled by him and Jonathon Papelbon, who earned his tenth save in ten chances. We're going to need someone like Hansen to take care of the seventh inning when t | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | | Red Sox Sweep Rays Right Out Of Boston, DESPITE Manny Delcarmen | | 2008-05-05 04:44:00 | | Good morning on this cold Monday. More about Manny Delcarmen in a bit. The Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 7-3, sweeping them right out of the city of Boston in fine fashion, just the way we like it. Jon Lester started and Jon Lester was shaky, throwing way too many pitches in the first two innings before finding his timing and settling down. He was able to give his club six innings, giving up only one run on four hits. He walked three and went to too many high counts early in the game. It was if he'd forgotten that in his past start he had worked faster, with less figiting and hemming and hawing between each delivery. It worked then and it will work in the future. He had this to say after the game..."I've been figuring some things out this year," Lester said. "Figuring out how to set guys up more. How to go to pitches other than what I think are my strengths and get guys out. So I think it's more just a confidence thing than anything."Peter here, and Jon, keep mixing | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Bats Are Back In Town! YES!! Boston Red Sox 12 Toronto Blue Jays 4 | | 2008-05-04 04:26:00 | | Peter here on a quiet Sunday morning, early style. Last night at Fenway Park, the Boston lumber again made its presence known in a big way as the home club banged out fifteen (!!) hits and scored twelve runs in a 12-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Josh Beckett was the recipient of the offensive output and was able to easily win the game. He went eight strong innings, allowing eight hits and four earned runs while striking out five. And so the Red Sox strong starting pitching continues to shine brightly and unrelentlessly, and as I said earlier in the week, when the bats stir to life, this club will win many games. They are in first place in the American League East right now, with Jon Lester, coming off the best start of his young career, ready to face Scott Kazmir in HIS "opening day" appearance. We have to hope he's a little rusty, a little slow and not quite ready to face a hot-hitting team. For when he is on, HE IS ON and tough to beat. But the Sox have been putting their bats o | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Continuing Lack Of Offense...Jays 3 Red Sox 0 | | 2008-05-02 04:21:00 | | It seems that the entire Boston Red Sox team is in a hitting slump of some sort or another. The starting pitching was great once again Thursday night at the Fens, with Wakefield going seven innings and giving up three runs on six hits while walking four batters. That's too many free passes if you ask me, but such is the nature of the knuckie. A knuckleball pitcher wants the batter to swing at pitches that zoom and waver OUT of the strike zone. The Jays showed patience in that regard, and their starter had "the goods" the entire night. The Boston offense was limited to four hits. That it! Four!! Manager Terry "Tito" Francona had this to say after the game concluded...“We saw some good pitching, we didn’t have much to show for it. We had some opportunities and we put the barrel on the ball, certainly not consistently, but we had chances. In a game when you need something to go your way, we took more good swings than the linescore will show but just saw three really good arms the las | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Lester Pitches The Game Of His life Against Halladay..Red Sox 1 Blue Jays 0 | | 2008-04-30 04:16:00 | | The pivotal moment came in the top of the ninth inning of Tuesday's Red Sox/Blue Jay game at Fenway Park. The score was tied at zero and Scott Rolen stood on second base after smashing a two out double off of reliever supreme Jonathon Papelbon. Vernon Wells, who wanted to hit a drive up the middle so that his team would score the go ahead run, smashed a drive that did just that. The ball was scorched and Paps deflected it with his glove. Dustin Pedroia, who had already broken towards second base, dove and came up with the ball. He got up and threw out Wells, perserving the tie. Wells put it like this, and boy, did he make me laugh! Here you go..."My goal was to try to hit it up the middle," Wells said. "I saw it (the ball) get by the mound and I saw Superman at second base."Peter here, and our mini-Superman saved the game with that play, for the Sox scored one run in the bottom of the ninth and won the game 1-0. Congrats go to Pedey for making such a stunning grab and throw, reminicent | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | A Clay Buchholz Masterpiece, But The Fourth Loss In A Row For The Red Sox | | 2008-04-27 04:41:00 | | Clay Buchholz pitched the second-best game of his life but ended up with only a loss on his record to show for it. An eighth inning mistake pitch (the pitch was fine, in my eyes!) allowed the Tampa Bay Rays' Akinori Iwamura to hit the go-ahead two run home run and his team beat the Boston Red Sox in a heartbreaker, 2-1. Just look at Clay's pitching line and you'll know what I mean...IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA C. Buchholz 8.0 3 2 2 2 9 1 4.08 L (1-2)This is what Terry Francona said about his starting rookie pitcher, who I hope is here on the big club to stay. He has progressed incredibly since the early spring training games, and nine times out of ten, he would have won a game like last night's...“His stuff was electric,” Boston manager Terry Francona said. “He left one breaking ball over the plate.” Old friend Eric Hinske, who now plays for Tampa, was even more forthcoming in his praise of young Clay. This is what HE had to say after the game...“God, he was lights out las | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Ellsbury And Pedroia Help The Red Sox Ground The Angels...Six Straight! | | 2008-04-23 04:14:00 | | This Boston Red Sox team has so many weapons, they might be BETTER than last year. The pitching will eventually determine that. But Tuesday night at Fenway Park, the Sox defeated the LA/California Angels by a score of 7-6. It was their sixth straight victory and their ninth win in the last ten games. Josh Beckett was a late scratch. The flu bug that has been ravaging the team coupled with a stiff neck shelved the Sox ace until Sunday. But the hottest team in the majors found a way to win yet again. Jacoby Ellsbury hit two home runs, a lead-off tater and a sixth inning bomb. But it was his eighth inning bunt, his third hit, that made all the difference in the world. Pedey (Dustin Pedroia) followed with his fourth hit of the day, and Ells scampered all the way home with the winning run. Paps sewed it all together with precision, throwing a 1-2-3 eleven pitch ninth, earning his league-leading eighth save. This is what Tito Francona had to say about the scratched Josh Beckett..."We were wo | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | | Streaking Boston Red Sox Finish Off Four Game Sweep Of The Texas Rangers | | 2008-04-22 04:14:00 | | The Boston Red Sox celebrated Patriot's Day in style, and with a "B-like" lineup, too. They defeated the happless Texas Rangers by a score of 8-3. The three runs were given up by the Sox bullpen, for Clay Buchholz had what might have been his breakout start, the one we were all waiting for. He went six innings, allowing five hits and ZERO runs while walking two. He also added six big strikeouts. All four of his pitches were working, and with the familiar (to him) Kevin Cash as his behind-the-plate batterymate, he was comfortable in using them all to keep Texas off balance, never knowing what would be coming next. Tito Francona had this to say about his starter..."I thought he was much more unpredictable in all counts," manager Terry Francona said after the Sox had swept the Rangers, locking up their fifth straight win and ninth in 10 games. "He was throwing all his pitches."We talk so often about establishing fastball, but with Clay, he's got four pitches that if he can throw at any ti | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Baseball, Red Sox Patriot's Day Style | | 2008-04-21 10:48:00 | | Buchholz has thrown many pitches so far, but it's the bottom of the 2nd, bases loaded for the Sox, Jacoby coming to the plate. No Manny in the game!! Zip zip is the score. 0-2 to Ells..2 outs..and BOTH teams leave the bases loaded. After two. 0-0. I'll be back. Clay is not sharp...but he has rallied after walking the first man in the 3rd...1 out..and 2 outs..Milton Bradley with a fly to right...it was caught by JD..base hit by Blalock...men on first and second..ouch! 2 down....TEK is out to the mound with a 2-0 count. C'mon Clay! Fly to right, and after two and a half innings, it's still zip to zip. Bottom ofthe third, and Gabbard is out of the game after warming up...a back problem...bottom of the 3rd inning coming up. The Texas 'pen is VULNERABLE!Pitching for the Rangers..Nippert. 11.37era. Jacoby up..ball 4..I do not know why Manny isn't in there, but Peds is up and Papi to follow..stolen base by Ells..base hit by Peds..first and third with no one out! Papi time..and he strikes ou | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Cardiac Kids Of 2008..The Boston Red Sox. MERCY! | | 2008-04-21 04:13:00 | | Good morning on this very early Monday morning. For those of you who gave up on the Red Sox Sunday afternoon after they were down five zip, this is for you. You missed an incredible comeback by this scrappy, never-say-lose 2008 Boston team. They've come from behind to win five of their past six games, three times with a game winning home run. They never say die. Clutch first baseman Sean Casey summed it up perfectly...“I’ve been on teams that when you get down, it’s like, ‘We lost,’ ” Casey said. “With this team, it’s like, ‘No, let’s just get on base and get something happening.’ Guys don’t give up here . . . I’ve had other teams that were waiting to lose. This team is waiting to win.”Peter here. Waiting to win...I like that! The Sox scored two runs in the seventh inning to make the score 5-2. The Fenway Faithful stirred, clearly anticipating that something, maybe something big, was going to happen. And it did. They added four more runs to their total in th | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | My Oh My AGAIN! RED SOX WIN 6-5!! | | 2008-04-20 16:42:00 | | Another comeback, another Red Sox victory. Here's the total box score, and I'll be back with a full post in the morning. I hope your Sunday is a GREAT one... Texas AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg I. Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .286 M. Young ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .247 J. Hamilton cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .299 M. Bradley dh 4 1 1 3 0 1 1 .339 H. Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 F. Catalanotto lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245 D. Murphy rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 G. Laird c 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .207 B. Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .180 Totals 33 5 7 5 0 5 5 BattingHR - I Kinsler (1, 1st inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out), M Bradley (1, 6th inning off T Wakefield 2 on, 1 Out).S - D Murphy.RBI - I Kinsler (8), G Laird (9), M Bradley 3 (7).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Broussard 1.GIDP - J Hamilton.Team LOB - 2. FieldingE - G Laird (3, throw); J Hamilton (1, throw).DP - 1 (I Kinsler-M Young-B Broussard). Boston AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg J. Ellsbury cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 .256 J. Lowrie 2b-ss 5 2 2 1 0 2 3 .417 D. Orti | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | The Red Sox Defeat The Texas Rangers At Fenway. Manny And Papi Are Hot...Together! | | 2008-04-20 04:48:00 | | In front of 37,598 frenzied fans, the largest post-WWII crowd in Fenway Park history, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers by a score of 5-3. The Sox are running on all cylinders, and Big Papi David Ortiz is getting hot, but not as hot as the man who bats behind him. Manny Ramirez continued his white-hot torrid hitting with a tie-breaking two run home run in the 8th that cemented the Sox' 7th victory in their last 8 games. His swings are things of wonder and beauty these days. Take it from a teammate, Dustin Pedroia..."All of Manny's swings look like some of the best swings I've ever seen," said Pedroia. "Every at-bat is a quality at-bat."Peter here, and well said, Dustin. Jon Lester started the game and lasted until one out in the 7th inning, his longest outing of the season. Although the last place Rangers bashed 10 base hits, he only allowed 3 earned runs and his walk total was a manageable 2. He struck out 5. Little Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, winner Javier Lopez and Jon | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Mendoza, Rangers Grounded By Red Sox In Blowout Fashion | | 2008-04-19 01:06:48 | | Boston 11, Texas 3.
Truth be told, Friday evening’s contest in front of a post-World War II Fenway Park record crowd of 37,902 wasn’t particularly kind to the Rangers in any way, shape or fashion.
Then again, few eight-run losses are
After surrendering just a single earned run - albeit, on eight hits and three walks - in [...] | | By: Baseball Time in Arlington | | |
| | What Do the Pope and Red Sox Nation Have in Common? | | 2008-04-18 21:49:00 | | Hank Steinbrenner (pictured) doesn't care for either one.Actually, Hankenstein has told the Pope's people that he doesn't want the Popemobile driven on the grass at Yankee Stadium when Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass there on Sunday afternoon. It's understandable that the club doesn't want any automobiles on the grass while the Pope is there. More about it from AOL Sports here.I wrote this post just because I wanted to write that headline. (And of course, put up yet another photo of the true Hank Steinbrenner.) | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | A Bullpen Massacre For The Yankees Over The Red Sox | | 2008-04-17 04:31:00 | | Let me begin this rather short Thursday morning post by giving you the score of the Yankee-Red Sox game from last night, inning by inning. After 1, it was 3-1 NY, after 2, it was 3-2 NY, and after 3, it was still 3-2. During the fourth, things began to get out of hand for starter Buchholz, PEMANENTLY. At least for the night. The Sox scored 1 in the top of the frame to tie the game at 3 but New York chased Clay with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Buch had thrown 85 pitches in just 3 2/3 innings. NOT ACCEPTABLE. So after 4 complete, it was 7-3 Bad Guys. But the Red Sox never gave up (that's why we love them!) and scored 6 in the top of the fifth, but the Yankees came up with another 4 spot off of terrible, at least for this appearance, Julian Tavarez, and led 11-9. Boston's scoring was finished for the night, and the Yankees added yet another 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th to conclude the night's run tally. Mike Timlin was the 8th inning "sad sack" pitcher and for the | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Is Yankees - Red Sox Losing its Buzz? | | 2008-04-16 10:58:00 | | From Joel Sherman:You see, we in the media are as addicted to Red Sox-Yankees as any junkie is to a drug. We have all decided to ignore realities that this series has lost a good deal of its juice the past few years, and now contains two of the worst traits of modern baseball: The games are usually way too long and too often come with the commentary of Joe Morgan. In fact, this series has become Joe Morgan in many respects: Famous for something that happened in the past and now something present | | By: Sliding Into Home | | |
| | The Boston Red Sox Roll On. Next Stop? NEW YORK CITY, JUST LIKE I PICTURED IT! | | 2008-04-16 04:31:00 | | Ok, OK, I borrowed a line from Stevie Wonder's 1976 song LIVING IN THE CITY for part of the title (the part in caps). The Boston Red Sox are flat out playing good baseball. All phases of their game have improved since the first rough days of the season, and the ninth inning home run has saved them more than once lately. Take last night, for example. Jason Varitek hit a 9th inning tie-breaking solo home run, putting the Sox ahead for good. They tacked on another run in that final frame and Hideki Okajima made the victory official with a clean, two strikeout ninth. Tim Wakefield was great again, going six full and allowing only two runs on seven hits, walking four and whiffing the same number. A quality start yet again. Lopez and Delcarmen, neither sharp, followed Wakes. Aardsma finished the 8th and set the way for the Darkman's ninth. My goodness! Great job out of the 'pen. 'Tek had this to say after his winning clout...“I’ve had my fair share of appearances as a pinch-hitter over | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
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