by Troy Patterson | Sep 26, 2011 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kyle Weiland
While I have tried to maintain my positivity it has become increasingly hard. There have been injuries and poor outings that surely no one could have predicted or dealt with, but the injuries to the staff and poor performance that can find blame. The Red Sox entered...
by charliesap | Sep 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Poll, Tim Wakefield
On the heals of a 14 inning win in the second game of doubleheader against the rival Yankees, the Sox find themselves one game up on the charging Rays with three games to play. While the win happened to come off of a Yankees team that rolled out Eduardo Nunez, Eric...
by scandage | Sep 25, 2011 | Alex Rodriguez, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Ivan Nova, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Miller Huggins, New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox (88-70) @ New York Yankees (97-61) John Lackey (12-12, 6.49) @ Ivan Nova (16-4, 3.62) 6:35 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) TV: NESN, YES, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES A half-game. A freakin’ half-game lead in the Wild...
by charliesap | Sep 25, 2011 | Jon Lester
Jon Lester normally keeps his average fastball velocity around 93 MPH, but lately, that velocity has tailed off and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Over his last few starts, starts that the Sox needed their co-ace to come up big, Lester has fizzled out faster...
by scandage | Sep 25, 2011 | A.J. Burnett, Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Chris Dickerson, Game Threads, Jacoby Ellsbury, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Ted Williams, Tim Wakefield
Boston Red Sox (88-69) @ New York Yankees (96-61) Tim Wakefield (7-7, 5.08) @ A.J. Burnett (10-11, 5.28) 1:05 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) TV: NESN, YES, TBS RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES A game and a half. I’ve seen this movie before. I’m...