by evan brunell | Jul 7, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Jeff Bailey, Justin Masterson
It’s already been broken in the game thread, but in case you haven’t heard, the Red Sox will call Clay Buchholz up to start against the Orioles Friday. Justin Masterson has been optioned to Pawtucket to get ready to move to the Red Sox bullpen for the...
by evan brunell | Jul 7, 2008 | Brian Fuentes, Craig Hansen
With the Milwaukee Brewers acquiring stud pitcher C.C. Sabathia from the Cleveland Indians, (expected to be made official sometime this morning) the trading season is officially upon us. There’s no telling who the Red Sox will go after, if they even go after...
by evan brunell | Jul 7, 2008 | Tony Conigliaro, Trivia
The last trivia question asked was who was optioned to Pawtucket to make room for Kevin Youkilis’ major league debut. The answer, as correctly surmised by Daniel Rathman, was Mark Malaska. Leaderboard is updated. The new trivia question: Tony Conigliaro’s...
by evan brunell | Jul 6, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez
So as we all know by now, the following Red Sox players will be on the All-Star roster, with an asterisk designating that the fans voted him in as starter: J.D. Drew — Can’t quibble with this one. Jonathan Papelbon — Makes sense. Dustin Pedroia*...
by evan brunell | Jul 4, 2008 | Bob Watson, Kevin Youkilis, Trivia
The last trivia question asked for the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues, who was a Red Sox. The answer was Bob Watson in 1979. He hit .337/.401/.548 after coming over in a trade June 13th for Pete Ladd, Bobby Sprowl and cash. He then became a free...
