by evan brunell | Sep 15, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
GAME NOTES: The Angels come to town. We’ll probably be facing them in the ALDS again — the Angels could use a strong showing at Fenway Park to give them confidence going into the playoff series. The Angels aren’t the pitching club they used to be,...
by mike silver | Sep 15, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Quick Post
Damn Alex Gonzalez for giving us hope. OK. Maybe that was overdoing it, but A-Gon is not nearly the batter he has shown since being traded to Boston from Cincinnati. For the type of hitter fans expected to get in the trade, there’s no doubt Alex Gonzalez has...
by mike silver | Sep 15, 2009 | Casey Kotchman, Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis, Victor Martinez
Projecting the Playoffs With just 20 games remaining in the regular season, the Sox’ Hunt for Red October is getting stronger by the day. At this juncture, with this team, a 4 ½ game lead in the Wild Card is a considerable advantage. Don’t get cozy though,...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Josh Reddick, Quick Post, Trivia
Josh Reddick’s debut start for the Red Sox earlier in the year netted him two extra bases hits. Who was the last Red Sox rookie to have such a debut and in what year? HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
With Sunday’s extension of the wild card lead to four games on the back of the doubleheader sweep [Jon Lester is the beast of all beasts], Boston’s entrance into the playoffs as the wild card winner is all but assured. (But at seven games behind New York,...
