Boston Red Sox (87-71) @ Chicago White Sox (85-73) Jon Lester (19-8, 2.96) @ John Danks (14-11, 3.74) 8:10 PM EDT | U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Ill.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox seem determined to let the Chicago White Sox match them in their season record. John [...]
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9/13 Online Seats Game Thread: A Little Further Up
Boston Red Sox (79-64) @ Seattle Mariners (55-88) Jon Lester (16-8, 3.26) @ Doug Fister (5-11, 3.84) 10:10 PM EDT | Safeco Field (Seattle, Wash.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: After narrowly avoiding the sweep by the Oakland A’s, Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox will head north [...]
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9/6 Online Seats Game Thread: Labor Day Labor
Tampa Bay Rays (83-53) @ Boston Red Sox (76-61) Jeff Niemann (10-5, 3.97) @ Jon Lester (15-8, 3.27) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: After a crushing series against the White Sox, the Boston Red Sox will have to turn the page [...]
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9/1 Online Seats Game Thread: Turning the Page on August
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (74-58) @ Baltimore Orioles (49-83) Jon Lester (14-8, 3.12) @ Jake Arrieta (4-6, 5.10) 7:05 PM EDT | Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox are staring down a three game losing streak, after dropping last night’s game to [...]
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Game Calling, Pitch Sequencing, and Reading Hitter's Timing
Without a doubt, one of the best perks of working for a baseball team is the access to players, coaches, scouts, and countless others with intimate knowledge of the game.
I can’t say enough kind works about the Sky Sox staff who have, over the last six months, imparted a great deal of their knowledge to me about how the game is played.
Recently, I sat down with Sky Sox catchers Paul Phillips and Michael McKenry – as well as a number of scouts and coaches – to pen an article on game calling and pitching sequencing; discussing both the basic and the finer aspects of calling a game from behind the plate…
7/9 Online Seats Game Thread: Sox Making Moves
The Boston Red Sox’s head north once again to start the series against the Toronto Blue Jays, as ace John Lester looks to clip the wings of Ricky Romero.
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7/3 Online Seats Game Thread: Getting to Guthrie
Jon Lester and Jeremy Guthrie have both factored into twelve decisions so far this season, earning a (9-3) and (3-9) record, respectively. Tonight, Lester will look to continue the Boston Red Sox’s successful record against the struggling Orioles.
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6/28 Online Seats Game Thread: Pyrrhic Victory
The Boston Red Sox have sacrificed life and limb to take the series against San Francisco, but the Giants will send out The Freak, Tim Lincecum, to try to nab the rubber match from the Sox.
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6/22 Online Seats Game Thread: Rocky Road to Coors Field
After a clean sweep of the Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox look to continue their dominance while the interleague season lasts, sending Jon Lester to the hill against youngster Jhoulys Chacin, who is sporting a cool 4.00 ERA since replacing Jorge de la Rosa in the Colorado Rockies rotation.
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6/16 Online Seats Game Thread: Lester Looks to Lift Boston's Spirits
Last night’s systematic dismantling of the Boston Celtics may have shaken your confidence in Boston sports, but fear not… Jon Lester returns to the mound tonight for the Boston Red Sox to take on Rodrigo Lopez and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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2013 FIRE BRAND = SCOTT ATCHISON
“The Fire Brand of the American League is a Red Sox player who exhibits character under pressure, an unassuming man who leaves the spotlight for other people but makes his indelible mark on the past season’s Boston Red Sox. A piece most people take for granted, but whom we would have missed dearly.”