9/15: Down in Tampa

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Boston Red Sox (88-61) @ Tampa Bay Rays (88-59)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.97) @ Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99)
7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN [...]

Live from Spring Training

NESN’s got live coverage of spring training and clips of players going through the exercises. I just wanted to make one point:
Josh Beckett looks perfectly fine. He doesn’t look out [...]

Red Sox take game 1, shutout Angels

Josh Beckett hurled a complete game shutout while Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz both hit homeruns to seal the opening game in the ALCS against the Los Angeles Angels of [...]

Linking Away

I think today would be good to put a bunch of different topics on the table and direct you to some other places that I read on a regular basis:
This [...]

Six Years Of The Diceman

We got him.
Daisuke Matsuzaka will sign a six year, 52 million dollar deal with incentives that would allow Matsuzaka to earn as high as 60 million. In an off-season where [...]

Kaku!

That’s Japanese for “victory!”
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman reports that the Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka have agreed to terms on a six-year, $52 million contract with escalators making the total [...]

Mine Qualmf

The Red Sox are throwing their financial muscle around again this offseason, but can you really say that their moves thus far have inspired your confidence? I can’t.
I’m an [...]

Trying (That’s the Key Word) To Be Positive

We’re going to stop freaking out about Daisuke Matsuzaka. We’re going to stop wondering if Theo has his head screwed on right. We’re going to stop worrying about J.D. Drew [...]

2007 Could Dictate Theo’s Future

THEO EPSTEIN / SPORTING NEWS

Since Keith Foulke tossed the final out of the 2004 World Series to Doug Mientkiewicz, Theo Epstein’s pattern of development as general manager of the Red [...]

Matsuzaka Talks Breaking Down

Don’t mean to bump Ian’s article, but…
Michael Silverman gives Red Sox fans a reason to jump off the nearest bridge.
Negotiations between the Red Sox and Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka have [...]