Archive for July, 2007:

07/31: Bring It On

Written on July 31st, 2007 by Evan Brunell16 Comments

JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD
Erik Bedard, LHP (10-4, 3.05) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (13-4, 3.27)
Baltimore Orioles (49-55) @ Boston Red Sox (64-41)
7:05 PM EDT at Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
TV: NESN [...]

Filed under Baltimore Orioles, Erik Bedard, Game Threads, Josh Beckett Tags:

ERIC GAGNE TRADED TO RED SOX

Written on July 31st, 2007 by Evan Brunell27 Comments

5:16 PM A potential roster crunch was just solved … unfortunately. Brendan Donnelly is undergoing Tommy John surgery and will be out for the year. He did quite well for [...]

Filed under Chicago Cubs, David Murphy, Eric Gagne, Kason Gabbard, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Trades Tags:

Joel Pineiro traded to Cardinals

Written on July 31st, 2007 by Evan Brunell7 Comments

Joel Pineiro, who may have become the closer (although that wouldn’t have lasted very long) had Jonathan Papelbon elected to remain in the starting rotation, has been traded along with [...]

Filed under Joel Pineiro, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Scott Proctor, St. Louis Cardinals, Trades, Wilson Betemit Tags:

Just say NO to Jermaine Dye!

Written on July 31st, 2007 by Evan Brunell12 Comments

Note: I’ll be obsessively tracking the the moves by Theo made (if any) today throughout the day. As soon as I can get any shred of information that a deal [...]

Filed under Chicago White Sox, J.D. Drew, Jermaine Dye, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Trades, Wily Mo Pena Tags:

Trade Deadline News And Notes

Written on July 30th, 2007 by Zach Hayes22 Comments

Other than Opening Day, unquestionably my favorite day of the regular season occurs on the last day of July. The trading deadline brings rumors to fruition, anticipation and anxiety to [...]

Filed under Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Eric Gagne, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mark Teixeira, Morgan Ensberg, New York Yankees, Octavio Dotel, Texas Rangers, Theo Epstein Tags:

No sweep for Sox in final game of series

Written on July 29th, 2007 by Shawn Medeiros0 Comments

Boston (64-41) was looking to sweep the series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (39-65), but Scott Kazmir stood in the way pitching 6 scoreless innings in the 5-2 win [...]

Filed under B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dioner Navarro, Gary Glover, Joe Maddon, Jonny Gomes, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays Tags:

07/29: Brooms?

Written on July 29th, 2007 by Zach Hayes9 Comments

JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD
Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-7, 3.79) @ Scott Kazmir (7-7, 4.02)
Boston Red Sox (64-40) @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays (38-65)
1:40 PM EDT at Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, FL)
TV: [...]

Filed under Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays Tags:

Papelblown Redux

Written on July 29th, 2007 by Evan Brunell0 Comments

By Mike Brunell
Back in May I made a guest post about a new stat that I had developed called the blown save rate. I case you don
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Filed under Atlanta Braves, Elvis Andrus, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonathan Papelbon, Mark Teixeira, Matt Harrison, Texas Rangers, Trades Tags:

Six runs in the 12th inning push Boston to the 12-6 win in extras

Written on July 29th, 2007 by Shawn Medeiros15 Comments

Jonathan Papelbon blew his second save of the season in 25 chances, but Boston bailed out their closer scoring six runs in the top of the 12th to outlast the [...]

Filed under Akinori Iwamura, Al Reyes, B.J. Upton, Brian Stokes, Carlos Pena, David Ortiz, Delmon Young, Javier Lopez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jonny Gomes, Josh Paul, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Tampa Bay Rays Tags:

Quick Thought: Ensberg to Boston?

Written on July 28th, 2007 by Evan Brunell2 Comments

Now that the Houston Astros have a glut of infielders and have seemed to completely buried Morgan Ensberg on the depth chart, why not have the Sox nab him? Hinske [...]

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