9/5: A Game Closer, and a Big Return

Javier Vazquez (11-8, 4.98) @ Kason Gabbard (0-3, 6.35) Chicago White Sox (79-58) @ Boston Red Sox (74-64) 7:05 PM EDT in Boston, Massachusetts (Fenway Park) SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850 AL EAST OUTLOOK: CLE @ TOR | MIN @ TB | NYY @ KC | BAL @ LAA...

Thinking About The Wild Card

The reinforcements have arrived, along with the welcome home of Carlos Pena, delivering a walkoff homerun on a series we absolutely need to sweep if we want a shell of a chance of winning the Wild Card. Sunday, we saw the return of shortstop Alex Gonzalez and...

9/1: So THAT'S a win

Ted Lilly (11-11, 4.78) @ Kyle Snyder (3-3, 6.91) Toronto Blue Jays (69-65) @ Boston Red Sox (72-62) 7:05 PM EDT in Boston, Massachusetts (Fenway Park) SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850 AL EAST OUTLOOK: DET @ NYY | TB @ CHW | BAL @ TEX KEEP AN EYE ON: KC @...

A Japanese Pitcher and a Catchin' Padre

HIROTOSHI ISHII / MLB.COM The recent Strike Zone article piqued my interest because not only did it predict Randy Wolf (and in a later article, Julio Lugo and Craig Wilson) to become a Boston Red Sox for the 2007 season, it also predicted Hirotoshi Ishii to do so....